Ucayali

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Contamana – Pucallpa

MSN:

BL-5

YOM:

1980

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Captain / Total flying hours:

17659

Copilot / Total flying hours:

334

Copilot / Total hours on type:

131

Aircraft flight hours:

12334

Aircraft flight cycles:

9666

Circumstances:

The twin engine aircraft departed Contamana Airport at 1128LT on a charter flight to Pucallpa, carrying 11 passengers and two pilots. Few minutes after takeoff, while climbing to an altitude of 4,500 feet, the right engine lost power and failed. The crerw decided to return to Contamana but was able to transfer fuel from the left tank to the right tank to restart the right engine. Decision was taken to continue to Pucallpa at an altitude of 13,500 feet. At a distance of 42 km from Pucallpa, the crew started the descent when the right engine failed again, followed shortly later by the left engine. The captain declared an emergency and attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a wooded area. All 13 occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Probable cause:

Double engine failure in flight due to fuel starvation, forcing the crew to attempt an emergency landing in trees.
The following contributing factors were identified:
- Recurrent failures on the ground and in flight of the aircraft fuel quantity indicators, a situation that was maintained because the Maintenance Programme did not include an inspection and calibration of the fuel quantity gauges.
- Initiating the flight with a fuel indication system inoperative.
- Complacency on part of the crew who decided to continue the flight by having an aerodrome nearby after the first engine failure.

Final Report:

Crash of a Boeing 737-244 in Pucallpa: 40 killed

Date & Time: Aug 23, 2005 at 1509 LT

Type of aircraft:

Boeing 737-200

Operator:

Registration:

OB-1809-P

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

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Schedule:

Lima - Pucallpa - Iquitos

MSN:

22580

YOM:

1981

Flight number:

TJ204

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Captain / Total flying hours:

5867

Captain / Total hours on type:

3763.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

4755

Copilot / Total hours on type:

1109

Aircraft flight hours:

49865

Aircraft flight cycles:

45262

Circumstances:

Following an uneventful flight from Lima, the aircraft was descending to Pucallpa-Capitán David Abensur Rengifo Airport runway 02, an intermediate stop on the flight from Lima to Iquitos. As the crew approached the destination, weather conditions deteriorated with heavy rain falls, CB's and turbulences. On final approach, the aircraft was unstable and descended below the glide until it crashed in a swampy and wooded area located 3,5 km short of runway. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. 58 people were injured, some seriously, while 40 other occupants including five crew members were killed, among them 34 Peruvian, three American, one Australian, one Colombian and one Spanish.

Probable cause:

The Commission determines the likely cause of the accident as follows:
- The decision of the flight crew to continue the final approach and landing at the airport of Pucallpa in severe weather (storm).
- The decision of the flight crew to descend unstabilized and not act to stop the steep descent to the ground at a descent rate of above 1500 feet per minute; what triggered the GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System).
- The decision of the flight crew not avoid the storm, not choosing to conduct a landing on the other runway or divert to the nearest airport until weather conditions improved.
- The decision of the flight crew to penetrate the storm, it having been detected on weather radar aircraft approximately 190 miles in advance.
- The loss of the horizontal and vertical visibility of the flight crew while penetrating the core of the storm (severe hailstorm). Severe hail causes obscuration of the front windows of the aircraft and therefore the total loss of situational awareness.

Final Report:

Crash of an Antonov AN-32B in Puerto Esperenza

Date & Time: Apr 4, 2004

Type of aircraft:

Antonov AN-32

Operator:

Registration:

EP-837

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Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Site:

Rockwell Grand Commander 690

MSN:

35 06

YOM:

1995

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Circumstances:

For unknown reasons, the aircraft landed hard, causing the undercarriage to be torn off. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Rockwell Grand Commander 69A0 in Sepahua: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 17, 1993

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Lineas Aéreas Covitrans

Registration:

N28AD

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Puerto Bermudez - Sepahua

MSN:

690-11291

YOM:

1976

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Circumstances:

On final approach to the Sepahua Airstrip, the captain noticed a thin layer of mist over the runway and decided to make a low pass to assess the situation. While passing over the runway at low height, he lost control of the airplane that rolled to the right then overturned and eventually crashed in a river located near the runway end. One pilot was injured and the second was killed.

Probable cause:

The exact cause of the loss of control could not be established. Nevertheless, it is possible that the captain remembered at the last moment the presence of a radio antenna located about 40 metres from his position and maybe lost control of the airplane after initiating an evasive maneuver.

Crash of a Harbin Yunsunji Y-12-II in Atalaya

Date & Time: May 14, 1993

Type of aircraft:

Harbin Yunsunji Y-12

Operator:

Registration:

OB-1499

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Site:

Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)

MSN:

0050

YOM:

1992

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Circumstances:

After landing at Atayala Airport, the twin engine aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and came to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Piper PA-42-720 Cheyenne III in Pucallpa

Date & Time: Feb 8, 1993

Type of aircraft:

Piper PA-42 Cheyenne

Operator:

Registration:

OB-1234

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Site:

De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo

MSN:

42-8001007

YOM:

1980

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Circumstances:

Crashed in unknown circumstances. There were no casualties.

Crash of a De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo near Puerto Esperenza: 29 killed

Date & Time: Dec 22, 1979 at 1400 LT

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

FAP321

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