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Amazonas

Crash of a Fokker F28 Fellowship 1000 near Chachapoyas: 46 killed

Date & Time: Jan 9, 2003 at 0845 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
OB-1396
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Lima – Chiclayo – Chachapoyas
MSN:
11100
YOM:
1975
Flight number:
TJ222
Country:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
41
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
46
Captain / Total flying hours:
3127
Captain / Total hours on type:
753.00
Copilot / Total flying hours:
9255
Copilot / Total hours on type:
1065
Aircraft flight hours:
13121
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Lima on a regular schedule flight to Chachapoyas with an intermediate stop in Chiclayo, carrying 41 passengers and five crew members. Following an uneventful flight from Chiclayo, the crew started the descent to Chachapoyas Airport in poor weather conditions. The crew maintained several radio contacts with ATC and all seemed to be 'normal' on board when the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Coloque located 15 km from the airport. Due to poor weather conditions and because the crash site was unaccessible, SAR teams arrived on scene two days later. The wreckage was found at an altitude of 3,300 metres. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 46 occupants were killed. The occupants were respectively 41 Peruvians, two Belgians, one Dutch, one Spanish and one Cuban.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the accident was the consequence of a controlled flight into terrain after the crew continued the descent in zero visibility after suffering a total loss of situational awareness. The following contributing factors were identified:
- The crew failed to proceed with an approach briefing,
- Overconfidence on part of the flying crew,
- The crew failed to follow the approach checklist,
- The crew failed to comply with the SOP's,
- Poor crew resources management,
- The copilot was tired, stressed and depressive because his father passed away four days prior to the accident,
- The crew was destabilized by a certain pressure from the operator's,
- Poor judgment on part of the flying crew,
- Poor approach planning,
- Inadequate monitoring,
- Poor visual perception,
- Operational complacency,
- The crew was non-compliant with published procedures,
- Disorientation and loss of situational awareness.
Final Report:

Crash of a De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 near Bagua: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1996
Operator:
Registration:
N245GW
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bagua - Bagua
MSN:
129
YOM:
1968
Location:
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
On March 9, 1996, a De Havilland DHC-6-200, N245GW, registered to Air Associates Inc., leased to Carson Services Inc., operating as a 14 CFR part 91 aerial survey flight, crashed at an undetermined time. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the departure airport, and no flight plan was filed. The airplane is missing and is presumed destroyed. The American pilot-in-command, American survey operator, and Peruvian Air Force observer are missing, and are presumed to be fatally injured. The flight originated from Bagua, Peru, at about 0617 mountain daylight time. Personnel from the Director General of Civil Aviation stated, the airplane departed from Bagua, Peru, conducting an aerial geological survey near the disputed boarder with Ecuador, in the Cenepa River area over dense Amazon jungle. The airplane did not return to Bagua, and there are no known recorded radio communications with N245GW. Search and rescue operations have been uneventful.

Crash of an Antonov AN-32B in Chachapoyas

Date & Time: Jan 6, 1996
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
OB-1604
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
2604
YOM:
1990
Country:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
39
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
For unknown reasons, the aircraft landed hard at Chachapoyas Airport. Upon touchdown, the right main gear collapsed and the right wing struck the ground. Out of control, the aircraft veered off runway and came to rest few dozen metres further, bursting into flames. All 44 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 in Bagua: 21 killed

Date & Time: Dec 19, 1984 at 1357 LT
Operator:
Registration:
FAP307
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Iquitos – Bagua – Piura
MSN:
317
YOM:
1971
Location:
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
18
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
21
Circumstances:
After takeoff from Bagua-El Valor Airport, while climbing, the aircraft exploded and crashed. All 21 occupants were killed. The aircraft was completing a special flight from Iquitos to Piura with an intermediate stop in Bagua on behalf of PetroPeru.

Crash of a Douglas C-47B-15-DK in Chachapoyas

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1966
Operator:
Registration:
OB-R-568
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
15238/26683
YOM:
1944
Country:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on takeoff for unknown reason. There were no casualties.