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
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | SF |
Departure airport: | Penonomé |
Destination airport: | Coclecito |
Narrative: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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