De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crash, May 20, 1987 (14 killed)
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter accident on May 20, 1987 near Santa Cruz-El Trompillo, Santa Cruz, Bolivia with 14 fatalities. Cause: Flew too low in...
- Date: May 20, 1987
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Location: Santa Cruz-El Trompillo, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- Fatalities: 14
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Flew too low in poor weather on approach and struck terrain
On 20 May 1987 a De Havilland Twin Otter 300 (CP-1018) on a charter flight from Camiri to Santa Cruz, Bolivia, flew too low in low cloud and rain and struck wooded, hilly terrain a few kilometres short of El Trompillo airport. Fourteen people died and two passengers survived.