ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323264
Date: | Tuesday 10 July 2001 |
Time: | 16:46 |
Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Owner/operator: | Línea Aérea Amaszonas |
Registration: | CP-2395 |
MSN: | 208B0842 |
Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 2 km from Viacha -
Bolivia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB/SLLP) |
Destination airport: | Rurrenabaque Airport (RBQ/SLRQ) |
Investigating agency: | DGAC-AIG |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The aircraft took off from La Paz-El Alto at 16:37 for a flight to Rurrenabaque. Six minutes into the flight, Upon reaching 14500 feet, the pilot reported an engine failure. An emergency landing was carried out on the Sarija hill. The Caravan overturned on impact.
PROBABLE CAUSE (translated from Spanish):
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation determined that the probable cause of the crash was engine failure due to fracture and separation of all the compressor blades of the turbine due to undetermined factors.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | DGAC-AIG |
Report number: | ACC01801 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 8 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
El Tiempo
La Razón
Luis A. De Ugarte M
Location
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