Shell – Quito

On December 3, 1946 at 12:00 AM, Shell – Quito experienced a crash involving Grumman G-21A Goose, operated by Shell Company of Ecuador, with the event recorded near Baños de Agua Santa Tungurahua.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 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: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. Few minutes after his departure from Shell-Mera Airport, the pilot encountered very bad weather conditions. While approaching the valley of Baños de Agua Santa, the seaplane hit the slope of a mountain and was destroyed on impact. All five occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HC-SBL, MSN 1106, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -1.3967°, -78.4237°.