Miami – Panama City

On March 27, 1953 at 12:00 AM, Miami – Panama City experienced a crash involving Curtiss C-46 Commando, operated by AREA Ecuador - Aerovias Ecuatorianas, with the event recorded near Panama City Panamá.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. On landing, an undercarriage collapsed. The aircraft went out of control, veered off runway to the left and came to rest in flames into a ravine. While both pilots were rescued, the aircraft was destroyed by fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration HC-SJA.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 8.9714°, -79.5342°.