Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 JAN 1977 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-80-DL |
| Operator: | Transportes Aéreos Itenez |
| Registration: | CP-728 |
| C/n / msn: | 19689 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | La Senda (Bolivia) |
| Phase: | En route / landing (ENR/LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport (VVI/SLVR), Bolivia |
| Trinidad Airport (TDD/SLTR), Bolivia |
No.1 engine problems (rise in engine temperature, overspeeding prop) forced the crew to return to Santa Cruz with the propeller feathered. The aircraft started losing altitude and freight had to be jettisoned. The no. 2 engine temperature started to rise making it difficult to reach the airport. A belly landing was made on a field.
Events:
Sources:
» Flight International 12.02.1977 (332)
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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 Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport to Trinidad Airport as the crow flies is 366 km (229 miles).
Distance from Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport to Trinidad Airport as the crow flies is 366 km (229 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.
