ASN Aircraft accident CASA C-212 Aviocar 200 OB-1218 Bellavista Airport (BLP)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Tuesday 9 July 1991
Type:Silhouette image of generic C212 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
CASA C-212 Aviocar 200
Operator:Aerochasqui
Registration: OB-1218
MSN: 232
First flight: 1982-01-20 (9 years 6 months)
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Total:Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Bellavista Airport (BLP) (   Peru)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Bellavista Airport (BLP/SPBL), Peru
Destination airport:Pucallpa Airport (PCL/SPCL), Peru
Narrative:
A CASA C-212 Aviocar passenger plane, operated by the Peruvian domestic airline Aerochasqui, was destroyed when it crashed shortly after takeoff from Bellavista Airport (BLP), Peru. All fifteen on board were killed.

It appeared that five police officers of the National Police's Anti-Subversive Detachment had opened fire on the aircraft as it was taking off. The bullets hit the pilot, co-pilot, passenger cabin and parts of the aircraft. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed.
The policemen were controlling and searching the vehicles that passed on the road near the airport. Upon noticing that the aircraft was preparing for departure, they raised their arms trying to stop it with the purpose of carrying out a cargo and passenger control.
When they did not succeed in stopping the aircraft they started firing their weapons.

Accident investigation:

Investigating agency: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 153 days (5 months)
Accident number: report
Download report: Final report

Sources:
» Perú: Avión Derribado Por Policías (El Tiempo, 11-7-1991).


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Distance from Bellavista Airport to Pucallpa Airport as the crow flies is 264 km (165 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

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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