HC-SBV

On April 28, 1949 at 12:00 AM, HC-SBV experienced a crash involving Grumman G-21A Goose, operated by Shell Company of Ecuador, with the event recorded near Río Pastaza Pastaza.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was engaged in a test flight when the seaplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Río Pastaza. Both crew members were killed. Crew: Cpt Fergusson, pilot, F/O Harold Riggs, flight engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration HC-SBV, MSN 1018, year of manufacture 1937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -1.4949°, -78.0029°.