Last updated: 30 July 2021
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Thursday 29 February 1996 |
| Time: | 20:25 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-222 |
| Operator: | Faucett |
| Registration: | OB-1451 |
| MSN: | 19072/86 |
| First flight: | 1968-10-21 (27 years 5 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 117 / Occupants: 117 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 123 / Occupants: 123 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 6,3 km (3.9 mls) W of Arequipa-Rodriguez Ballon Airport (AQP) ( Peru)
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| Crash site elevation: | 2443 m (8015 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Lima-Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM/SPIM), Peru |
| Arequipa-Rodríguez Ballón Airport (AQP/SPQU), Peru | |
| Flightnumber: | CF251 |
Faucett flight 251 took off from Lima, Peru at 19:10 for a domestic flight to Arequipa and Tacna. When performing a VOR/DME approach to runway 09 at Arequipa, the aircraft impacted a hillside at an altitude of 8015 feet. The main fuselage carried over the initial ridge and impacted near the top of a second ridge. The empennage fell to an arroyo between the two ridges.
It appeared that the pilot reported flying at 9500 feet, while the aircraft was actually flying at 8644 feet. Airfield elevation is 8404 feet.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» Aviation Week & Space Technology 11.03.96(33)» Flight International 24--30 April 1996 (12)
» NTSB
» Volkskrant 02.03.96(4)
Photos
View from accident location to runway 09 at Arequipa
accident date: 29-02-1996
type: Boeing 737-222
registration: N459AC
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Lima-Jorge Chávez International Airport to Arequipa-Rodríguez Ballón Airport as the crow flies is 762 km (477 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Lima-Jorge Chávez International Airport to Arequipa-Rodríguez Ballón Airport as the crow flies is 762 km (477 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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