Guayaquil - Santo Domingo

On June 6, 2009 at 01:00 PM, Guayaquil - Santo Domingo experienced a crash involving Cessna 303 Crusader, operated by Private Ecuadorian, with the event recorded near Santa Rosa del Toachi Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. While cruising in poor weather conditions, the twin engine aircraft impacted trees and crashed in a wooded an hilly terrain located in the Santa Rosa del Toachi Mountain Range. The wreckage was found few hours later and the pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HC-BRD, MSN 303-00084, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -0.1741°, -79.1249°.