Quito – Coca

On April 7, 2005 at 09:55 AM, Quito – Coca experienced a crash involving Fokker F28 Fellowship, operated by Icaro, with the event recorded near Coca Orellana.

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

65 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 65 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 60, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight from Quito, the crew started the approach to Coca Airport runway 15. Too low on final, the aircraft landed 4,5 metres short of runway. Upon impact, the left main gear was torn off. The aircraft rolled for 112 metres then veered off runway to the left, rolled another 263 metres then came to rest against a concrete wall. All 65 occupants were rescued, among them seven passengers were injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration HC-CDA, MSN 11230, year of manufacture 1986.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -0.4504°, -76.9993°.