De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crash, May 23, 2006 (4 killed)
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter accident on May 23, 2006 near Santo Antonio, Cantagalo, São Tomé and Principe with 4 fatalities. Cause: Not determined....
- Date: May 23, 2006
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Location: Santo Antonio, Cantagalo, São Tomé and Principe
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined. No official findings were located for the loss of control on approach.
A Twin Otter of Air São Tomé e Príncipe, the airline's only aircraft, was on a local training flight from Santo Antonio on 23 May 2006 with four pilots aboard. It went out of control on approach to runway 29 and crashed into the sea a few kilometres offshore. Reports differ on the number of bodies recovered, and no accident report was found.