Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 22 AGO 1964 |
| Tipo: | Douglas C-47A-25-DK |
| Operador: | Servicios Aéreos Cochabamba |
| Registración: | CP-680 |
| Numéro de série: | 13371 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | cerca Tipuani (Bolivia) |
| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico No Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB/SLLP), Bolivia |
| Tipuani Airport (SLTP), Bolivia |
The DC-3 crashed into the north side of Huayna Hill. The flight had been delayed because of bad weather over the Cordillera mountains and over the destination Tipuani.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight was conducted in IMC conditions at an altitude unsafe for operations of that nature through the Huayna Pass." Fuentes:
» ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No.16 - Volume III, Circular 82-AN/69 (64-67)
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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 La Paz-El Alto Airport to Tipuani Airport as the crow flies is 111 km (69 miles).
Distance from La Paz-El Alto Airport to Tipuani Airport as the crow flies is 111 km (69 miles).
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.
