ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302694
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| Date: | Thursday 11 December 1997 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  BAC 167 Strikemaster Mk 90 |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana |
| Registration: | FAE261 |
| MSN: | PS372 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Pacific coast -
 Ecuador
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The "Strikemaster Mk-89" crashed near the Pacific coast after flew into a flock of birds. Lt Oscar Castillo Torres and Lt Marco Nuñez Castaneda.
Note: Overstressing of airframe (12g) when pilot became disorientated in cloud. Damage to the airframe spotted after further 12 flights (AFM June 2000, p79 ? -> source lost)
Sources:
The Straits Times 13 December 1997, p4
Scramble (11 MAR 1997)
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