HC-SBD

On November 15, 1946 at 12:00 AM, HC-SBD experienced a crash involving Ford 4, operated by Shell Company of Ecuador, with the event recorded near Ayuy Morona Santiago.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 25.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. On touchdown, the left tyre burst. The aircraft went out of control, veered off runway to the left and crashed on rocks. All three passengers were unhurt while the pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HC-SBD, MSN 4-AT-029, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -2.0938°, -77.5508°.