Isla del Rey - Panama City

On July 19, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Isla del Rey - Panama City experienced a crash involving Britten-Norman Islander, operated by My Flight Corp., with the event recorded near Panama City Panamá.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after he departed Isla del Rey Airport, while overflying the bay of Panama City, the pilot informed ATC about engine problems. Unable to reach Panama City-Marcos A. Gelabert Airport, the pilot reduced his altitude and elected to make an emergency landing on the Perico Island, some 10 km south of Panama City Airport. After touchdown, the aircraft rolled for few dozen metres before coming to rest against a container. All eight occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration HP-1338MF, MSN 818, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 8.9714°, -79.5342°.