Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 JAN 1976 |
| Time: | 15:44 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47-DL |
| Operator: | Frigorifico Maniqui |
| Registration: | CP-573 |
| C/n / msn: | 4682 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near San Borja-Capitan G Q Guardia Airport (SRJ) (Bolivia) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | San Borja-Capitan G.Q. Guardia Airport (SRJ/SLSB), Bolivia |
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No. 2 engine problems forced the crew to return to San Borja. The aircraft crossed runway 18, continued, struck some trees 3km past the end of the runway and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Malfunction or failure of the right engine and landing gear, and an improper balked landing procedure." Sources:
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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.
