De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crash, May 24, 2007 (13 killed)
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter accident on May 24, 2007 near Pampa Hermosa, San Martín, Peru with 13 fatalities. Cause: Under investigation. The record...
- Date: May 24, 2007
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Location: Pampa Hermosa, San Martín, Peru
- Fatalities: 13
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Under investigation. The record describes a descent in marginal weather into mountainous terrain near the airfield, but no official findings were retrieved.
A Peruvian Air Force Twin Otter on a multi-stop flight from Iquitos crashed into mountainous terrain while descending toward Pampa Hermosa. Seven of the twenty people on board survived and thirteen were killed. The crash occurred in marginal weather.