Iquitos – El Estrecho

On August 27, 1992 at 12:00 AM, Iquitos – El Estrecho experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, operated by Transportes Aéreos Nacionales de la Selva - TANS, with the event recorded near El Estrecho Loreto.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

21 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 13 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 38.1%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 18, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route from Iquitos to El Estrecho, the crew encountered engine problems and elected to make an emergency landing on the Río Algodón when the aircraft struck trees and crashed in a dense wooded area, about 22 km south of El Estrecho. Both pilots and six passengers were killed while 13 other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration OB-1153, MSN 316, year of manufacture 1971.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -2.4499°, -72.6718°.