ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326059
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| Date: | Saturday 7 April 1990 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Martin 4-0-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Transportes Aéreos Samuel Selum - TASS |
| Registration: | CP-1738 |
| MSN: | 14137 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Camiare Airstrip -
 Bolivia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Camiare Airstrip (SLCM) |
| La Paz Airport (LAP/MMLP) |
A Martin 4-0-4 suffered a runway excursion accident at Camiare Airstrip in Bolivia, causing the starboard undercarriage to fail.
The airplane hade departed Camiare Airstrip on a cargo flight to La Paz when, about seven minutes after takeoff, the no. 2 engine reportedly began to 'backfire' and developed a 'strong vibration'.
Returning to Camiare, the pilot carried out a down-wind landing as he was not able to fly a circuit due to problems maintaining altitude.
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