Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 SEP 1994 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47D |
| Operator: | Transporte Aéreo Militar - TAM Paraguay |
| Registration: | FAP2009 |
| C/n / msn: | 34346 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 29 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bahia Negra Airport (BFA) (Paraguay)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bahia Negra Airport (BFA), Paraguay |
| Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU/SGAS), Paraguay |
Crashed following an engine failure. The pilot was killed when the left engine’s propeller penetrated the fuselage.
Sources:
» The Paraguayan Air Force’s Military Air Transport - TAM / By Antonio Luis Sapienza (LAAHS Paraguay)
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Map
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 Bahia Negra Airport to Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi International Airport as the crow flies is 557 km (348 miles).
Distance from Bahia Negra Airport to Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi International Airport as the crow flies is 557 km (348 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.
