Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 MAY 1987 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos - YPFB |
| Registration: | CP-1018 |
| C/n / msn: | 363 |
| First flight: | 1973 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 13 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 16 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Savannas hill range (Bolivia) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Camiri Airport (CAM/SLCA), Bolivia |
| Santa Cruz-El Trompillo Airport (SRZ/SLCZ), Bolivia |
Crashed on approach in poor weather.
Sources:
» Aviation Letter 247
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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 Camiri Airport to Santa Cruz-El Trompillo Airport as the crow flies is 245 km (153 miles).
Distance from Camiri Airport to Santa Cruz-El Trompillo Airport as the crow flies is 245 km (153 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.
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