| Date: | Wednesday 16 June 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana |
| Registration: | FAE502 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pastaza-Shell Mera Airport (PTZ) -
 Ecuador
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pastaza-Shell Mera Airport (PTZ/SESM) |
| Pastaza-Shell Mera Airport (PTZ/SESM) |
A Douglas C-47 transport plane of the Ecuador Air Force was being used for a crew training flight at Pastaza-Shell Mera Airport, Ecuador. On takeoff with the engines at full power, the aircraft swung to the right. The pilot overcorrected, sending the aircraft to the left, shedding parts of the left hand wing. It then ran over a mount and hit a tree stump. One engine broke away and the airplane swung around into Shell's administration building. One person inside the building was killed.
Sources:
El Tiempo 18 June 1948, p8
Scramble
Airwork: A History / Keith McCloskey, 2012
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