Puerto Montt - Ayacara

On April 16, 2019 at 10:50 AM, Puerto Montt - Ayacara experienced a crash involving Britten-Norman Islander, operated by Archipiélagos Servicios Aéreos, with the event recorded near Puerto Montt-Marcel Marchant (La Paloma) Región de Los Lagos.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 6 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: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

36 seconds after takeoff from Puerto Montt-Marcel Marchant (La Paloma) Airport Runway 01, while in initial climb, the pilot contacted ATC and declared an emergency. He lost control of the airplane that crashed onto two houses located in a residential area, about 450 metres from the runway end. The houses and the aircraft were destroyed by a post crash fire and all six occupants were killed. Two people in the house were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration CC-CYR, MSN 2169, year of manufacture 1983.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -41.4548°, -72.9193°.