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Crash of a Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000 near Chachapoyas: 46 killed

Date & Time: Jan 9, 2003 at 0845 LT

Type of aircraft:

Fokker F28 Fellowship

Operator:

Registration:

OB-1396

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Lima – Chiclayo – Chachapoyas

MSN:

11100

YOM:

1975

Flight number:

TJ222

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Captain / Total flying hours:

3127

Captain / Total hours on type:

753.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

9255

Copilot / Total hours on type:

1065

Aircraft flight hours:

13121

Circumstances:

The aircraft departed Lima on a regular schedule flight to Chachapoyas with an intermediate stop in Chiclayo, carrying 41 passengers and five crew members. Following an uneventful flight from Chiclayo, the crew started the descent to Chachapoyas Airport in poor weather conditions. The crew maintained several radio contacts with ATC and all seemed to be 'normal' on board when the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Coloque located 15 km from the airport. Due to poor weather conditions and because the crash site was unaccessible, SAR teams arrived on scene two days later. The wreckage was found at an altitude of 3,300 metres. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 46 occupants were killed. The occupants were respectively 41 Peruvians, two Belgians, one Dutch, one Spanish and one Cuban.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the accident was the consequence of a controlled flight into terrain after the crew continued the descent in zero visibility after suffering a total loss of situational awareness. The following contributing factors were identified:
- The crew failed to proceed with an approach briefing,
- Overconfidence on part of the flying crew,
- The crew failed to follow the approach checklist,
- The crew failed to comply with the SOP's,
- Poor crew resources management,
- The copilot was tired, stressed and depressive because his father passed away four days prior to the accident,
- The crew was destabilized by a certain pressure from the operator's,
- Poor judgment on part of the flying crew,
- Poor approach planning,
- Inadequate monitoring,
- Poor visual perception,
- Operational complacency,
- The crew was non-compliant with published procedures,
- Disorientation and loss of situational awareness.

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Crash of a De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 near Bagua: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1996

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator:

Registration:

N245GW

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Geographical / Geophysical / Scientific

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Bagua - Bagua

MSN:

129

YOM:

1968

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Circumstances:

On March 9, 1996, a De Havilland DHC-6-200, N245GW, registered to Air Associates Inc., leased to Carson Services Inc., operating as a 14 CFR part 91 aerial survey flight, crashed at an undetermined time. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the departure airport, and no flight plan was filed. The airplane is missing and is presumed destroyed. The American pilot-in-command, American survey operator, and Peruvian Air Force observer are missing, and are presumed to be fatally injured. The flight originated from Bagua, Peru, at about 0617 mountain daylight time. Personnel from the Director General of Civil Aviation stated, the airplane departed from Bagua, Peru, conducting an aerial geological survey near the disputed boarder with Ecuador, in the Cenepa River area over dense Amazon jungle. The airplane did not return to Bagua, and there are no known recorded radio communications with N245GW. Search and rescue operations have been uneventful.

Crash of an Antonov AN-32B in Chachapoyas

Date & Time: Jan 6, 1996

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-32

Operator:

Registration:

OB-1604

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

2604

YOM:

1990

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Circumstances:

For unknown reasons, the aircraft landed hard at Chachapoyas Airport. Upon touchdown, the right main gear collapsed and the right wing struck the ground. Out of control, the aircraft veered off runway and came to rest few dozen metres further, bursting into flames. All 44 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 in Bagua: 21 killed

Date & Time: Dec 19, 1984 at 1357 LT

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator:

Registration:

FAP307

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)

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Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Iquitos – Bagua – Piura

MSN:

317

YOM:

1971

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After takeoff from Bagua-El Valor Airport, while climbing, the aircraft exploded and crashed. All 21 occupants were killed. The aircraft was completing a special flight from Iquitos to Piura with an intermediate stop in Bagua on behalf of PetroPeru.