Accidents and Incidents
During its 32-year history, Air Panama (PARSA) had the following incidents and accidents:
| Flight | Date | Aircraft | Location | Description | Casualties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | Uninjured | Ground | |||||
| N/A | December 31, 1997 | Britten-Norman Islander | near Rio Sidra Airport, Darien | On New Year Eve 1997 at 07:45 local time, a PARSA Britten-Norman Islander (registered HP-986PS) crashed into a jungle area 6.5 kilometres short of Rio Sidra Airport following a flight from Panama City in bad weather conditions. All 9 passengers and the pilot lost their lives. It was the first crash of the company since its foundation in 1980. | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N/A | December 29, 2002 | Britten-Norman Islander | Over the Caribbean Sea, near Bocas Del Toro | On 29 December 2002 at 16:06 local time, ATC lost contact with a PARSA Britten-Norman Islander (registered HP-1016PS) was lost during an empty ferry flight from Bocas del Toro to Panama City, when the aircraft was over the Caribbean Sea. The aircraft and its pilot could never found. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 680 | June 1, 2006 | Jetstream 31 | Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport | On 1 June 2006 at 07:55 local time, a British Aerospace Jetstream (registered HP-1477PST) operated by the airline, overshot the runway upon landing at Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport after heavy rain completing a flight from Panama City. The aircraft was substantially damaged, but all 16 passengers and 2 crew members walked out from the wreckage without any injuries. The plane was written-off. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 980 | October 31, 2007 | Fokker F27-200 | Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport | On Halloween Day 2007 at 20:40 UTC, a Fokker F27 Friendship (registered HP-1541PST) that was bound for Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport for a scheduled passenger flight, crashed back on the runway at Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport when it did not gain sufficient height upon take-off due to lack of power from the engines (even they were well maintained by the company). All 9 passengers and 4 crew member survived without injuries and walked out from the wreckage. The aircraft was damaged beyond economical repair and it was written-off. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
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