Crash of a Piper PA-31-310 Navajo in Bolivia

Date & Time: May 22, 1984 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CP-1788
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Santa Cruz - Cerro Colorado
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
7
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route from Santa Cruz to Cerro Colorado, one of the engine partially failed and its temperature increased. The pilot decided to make an emergency landing. All eight occupants escaped with minor injuries while the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire due to engine explosion.

Crash of a Douglas C-54Q Skymaster in Bolivia

Date & Time: Apr 28, 1980
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
CP-1351
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
10851
YOM:
1945
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While in cruising altitude on a cargo flight, the crew encountered engine problems and decided to attempt an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed near the Beni River and came to rest. All five occupants escaped uninjured.
Probable cause:
Carburetor failure.

Crash of a Douglas C-54 Skymaster in Bolivia: 24 killed

Date & Time: Jan 10, 1974 at 1630 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
TAM-52
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Santa Rosa - La Paz
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
21
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
24
Circumstances:
While in cruising altitude between Santa Rosa and La Paz in poor weather conditions, the airplane disappeared from radar screens. The crew was unable to send any distress call. SAR operations were initiated but were eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the 24 occupants was found. It is believed the aircraft crashed in an isolated mountainous area following a possible navigation error due to poor weather conditions.

Crash of a Douglas DC-4 in Bolivia

Date & Time: May 29, 1964
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CP-717
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
10274
YOM:
1943
Country:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances some 160 km southeast of Trinidad. There were no injuries but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Douglas C-47 in Bolivia: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1958
Operator:
Registration:
TAM-05
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
San Borja – La Paz
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in a mountainous area while conducting a flight from San Borja to La Paz. The wreckage was not found.