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Aircraft Crashes Record Office |
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Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques |
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Accident description |
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Date & Time |
02JUL2004 at 1338LT |
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Type of Aircraft |
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Operator |
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Registration |
N280AT |
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Location |
Panama City |
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Flight number |
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Schedule |
Quito - Panama City - Washington DC - Milan |
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Construction number |
247 |
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Year of manufacture |
1978 |
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Crew on board |
2 |
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Pax on board |
4 |
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Crew fatalities |
2 |
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Pax fatalities |
4 |
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Other fatalities |
1 |
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Total fatalities |
7 |
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Circumstances |
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The twinjet aircraft was performing an ambulance flight between Quito, Ecuador, and Milan, Italy, with fuel stops in Panama City and Washington DC with 2 crew, 2 medical doctors and 2 Italian patients on board. After takeoff from Panama City runway 03R, crew lost control of the aircraft which crashed into a former Evergreen International hangar. All occupants and one man on ground were killed. |