Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 MAY 1971 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47 |
| Operator: | Transporte Aéreo Militar - TAM |
| Registration: | TAM-22 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Rio Seco (Bolivia) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB/SLLP), Bolivia |
| El Jovi Airport (SLEJ), Bolivia |
While climbing after take-off from La Paz for a flight to El Jovi, something happened which caused the DC-3 to crash 1 mile past the runway.
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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.
