Ocumare del Tuy - Puerto Ayacucho

On November 17, 2006 at 11:43 AM, Ocumare del Tuy - Puerto Ayacucho experienced a crash involving Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, operated by Tourism Aéreo Amazonas - TAA, with the event recorded near Ocumare del Tuy Miranda.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 300.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 2.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. After takeoff from Ocumare del Tuy Airport, while climbing, the pilot encountered engine problems and elected to make an emergency landing in a city center's avenue. Just prior to landing, the single engine aircraft collided with a telephone line and crashed on an autobus. The pilot, the bus driver and a bus passenger were killed. The pilot departed Ocumare del Tuy Airport on a cargo flight to Puerto Ayacucho.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV-1220.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 10.1137°, -66.7757°.