Date: | Thursday 3 February 1977 |
Time: | |
Type: | Convair CV-440-11 |
Owner/operator: | Servicio Aéreo San Francisco |
Registration: | CP-1314 |
MSN: | 363 |
Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Lagura -
Bolivia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | San Francisco (Moxos) Airport (SLSF) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:En route at FL145 the no. 2 engine failed. Altitude could not be maintained and after ten minutes the captain applied takeoff power and water injection to the no. 1 engine. Altitude could still not be maintained and five minutes later a crash landing was made in a swamp at an elevation of about 790 ft .The aircraft slid about 400 m before coming to a stop.
Investigation revealed that the Convair took off from San Francisco at a gross weight of 21148 kg which was above the maximum authorised for the flight. The flight engineer had no licence and the passenger was not listed on the manifest.
Sources:
Airlinerlist.com
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH); April 1967
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