- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: April 16, 2019
Time: 1100
Location: Puerto Montt, Chile
Operator: Archipelagos Service Aereos
Flight #: ?
Route: Puerto Montt - Ayacara
AC Type: Pilatus-Britten Norman BN-2B-27 Islander
Registration: CC-CYR 
cn / ln: 2169
Aboard: 6   (passengers:5  crew:1)
Fatalities: 6   (passengers:5  crew:1)
Ground: 0
Summary: While the aircraft was in the initial climb, plane lost height and crashed in flames into a house located in a residential area about 400 meters from the airfield. Loss of control of the airplane in flight, during a left turn, due to the failure of the right engine during takeoff, caused by a fuel exhaustion. The following contributing factors were identified: - Failure of the pilot to comply with the pre takeoff checklist, - Failure of the pilot to check the fuel selector switch and the fuel quantity prior to start the engines, - Failure of the pilot to feather the propeller of the right engine (n°2) during an emergency situation, - Failure of the pilot to bring the flaps to the neutral position during an emergency situation, - Decrease of the speed and altitude of the airplane, - Increase bank of the wing during a left turn.
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