Santo Antonio - Santo Antonio

On May 23, 2006 at 06:22 PM, Santo Antonio - Santo Antonio experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, operated by Air São Tome e Principe, with the event recorded near Santo Antonio Cantagalo.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The twin engine aircraft departed Santo Antonio Airport on a local training flight, carrying four pilots. While on approach to runway 29, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in the sea few km offshore. All four occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration S9-BAL, MSN 648, year of manufacture 1979.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 0.2350°, 6.7265°.