ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328046
| Date: | Friday 31 July 1981 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Panameña - FAP |
| Registration: | FAP-205 |
| MSN: | 284 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 18 km S of Coclecito -
 Panama
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | SF |
| Departure airport: | Penonomé |
| Coclecito |
The Twin Otter departed Rio Hato Airport at 10:44, bound for Penonomé. On board were Panama's president general Omar Torrijos and four of his aides. The aircraft arrived at 10:55 and departed again 45 minutes later for a short flight to Coclecito. Before reaching the destination the airplane flew into the side of Marta Mountain at an altitude of 3,400ft.
Sources:
Aviation Letter 178
LAAHS
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Panama City-Paitilla Airport (PAC); August 1974
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