Accident Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander 8R-GHE,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320385

Date:	Sunday 28 December 2014
Time:	11:45
Type:	Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander
Owner/operator:	Air Services Limited - ASL
Registration:	8R-GHE
MSN:	269
Year of manufacture:	1971
Total airframe hrs:	25818 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-540-E4C5
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Aircraft missing, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	within Guyana - Guyana
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Mahdia Airport (MHA/SYMD)
Destination airport:	Karisparu Airport (SYKU)
Investigating agency:	GAAIU
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The Britten Norman Islander took off from Mahdia at 15:42 UTC (11:42 local time) on a routine cargo flight and the last known position was recorded at 15:44 UTC (11:44 local time). The aircraft was estimated to arrive Karisparu at 16:00 UTC (12:00 local time). The aircraft was declared missing when it failed to arrive.
Despite an intensive twenty one days of aerial and ground searches in mountainous and densely forested terrain, the aircraft and its occupants had not been found. The search was called of on January 19, 2015 with the crew presumed dead.

Cause: The probable cause of this accident is unknown.

Accident investigation: