Georgetown: Guyana’s aviation experts says that engine failure could have been the reason behind the deadly crash that killed two pilots after taking off from the Ogle International Airport Saturday afternoon.
Recently the airport received regional certification for a runway class two ‘C’ certificate by the Civil Aviation Authority.
It was explained that the pilot after taking off from Ogle Airport may have taken a right turn and lost control after engine failure cause the airplance to clip a coconut tree which caused its decent into the building.
The aircraft took off from Ogle with approximately six hours of fuel. There are reports that it had completed another mission earlier in the day and had returned to Ogle to refuel for another sojourn. Minister of Public works and Hydrulics Robeson Benn said that from initial investigations, one of the aircraft’s engines shut down. He explained that a full investigation will be carried out by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to ascertain definitively, the cause of the crash. The American registered aircraft, a twin-engine Piper Aztec with registration number N27-FT, was on a technical survey mission for the Amaila Falls Access Road.
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