Date:	Thursday 10 September 1992
Time:	c 12:
Type:	Fokker F-27 Friendship 500
Owner/operator:	Expresso Aéreo
Registration:	OB-1443
MSN:	10533
Year of manufacture:	1976
Total airframe hrs:	36684 hours
Cycles:	36616 flights
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Dart 532
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 43
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Bellavista Airport (BLP) -   Peru
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Tarapoto Airport (TPP/SPST)
Destination airport:	Bellavista Airport (BLP/SPBL)
Investigating agency:	DGAT Peru
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft touched down short of runway 25 at Bellavista Airport (BLP). The right-hand wing and engine broke off and a fire erupted as the aircraft slewed to a stop. The aircraft burned out and all but one of the occupants evacuated alive.

Causes
MAIN:
Personal error by the pilot (error of judgement) when performing the final approach maneuver under the normal glide path and at low speed, causing the aircraft to make contact 26 rnm before the runway threshold.
CONTBIBUTORY:
- The co-pilot's lack of experience and the appearance of the fatigue factor on the pilot.

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photo (c) Martin Hörnlimann, via Werner Fischdick; Sydney-Kingsford Smith Airport, NSW (SYD); February 1982

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