Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 APR 1995 |
| Type: | Tupolev 134A-3 |
| Operator: | Imperial Air |
| Registration: | OB-1553 |
| C/n / msn: | 60206 |
| First flight: | 1977 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 68 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 73 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Lima-J Chavez International Airport (LIM) (Peru)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Cuzco-Velazco Astete Airport (CUZ/SPZO), Peru |
| Lima-Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM/SPIM), Peru |
Tyre failure after departure from Cuzco. The crew decided to continue to Lima but the left main gear would not extend. A landing was performed with this landing gear leg retracted.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Airclaims
» Scramble 196 (p.61)
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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 Cuzco-Velazco Astete Airport to Lima-Jorge Chavez International Airport as the crow flies is 584 km (365 miles).
Distance from Cuzco-Velazco Astete Airport to Lima-Jorge Chavez International Airport as the crow flies is 584 km (365 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.
