De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crash, Mar 17, 2000 (10 killed)
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter accident on March 17, 2000 near Carreto, Guna Yala, Panama with 10 fatalities. Cause: Not determined; the aircraft was...
- Date: March 17, 2000
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Location: Carreto, Guna Yala, Panama
- Fatalities: 10
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Not determined; the aircraft was descending under VFR when the accident occurred for unknown reasons.
An Aeroperlas Twin Otter on a scheduled flight from Panama City to Puerto Obaldia was descending under VFR when contact was lost. The wreckage was found on a mountainside near Carreto, and all ten people on board died. The cause remains unexplained in the sources reviewed.