Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 22 MAY 1995 |
| Type: | Convair CV-440 |
| Operator: | SASA - Servicios Aéreos Santa Ana |
| Registration: | CP-2142 |
| C/n / msn: | 120 |
| First flight: | 1953 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | San Borja-Capitan G.Q. Guardia Airport (SRJ) (Bolivia)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | San Borja-Capitan G.Q. Guardia Airport (SRJ/SLSB), Bolivia |
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The CV-440 suffered an engine surge on climb-out. The captain decided to return to the airport. The landing gear deployed fine, but the aircraft was unable to roll-out and level while turning short-finals onto the runway. It hit the ground in a nose-down and level-wing-low attitude.
Sources:
» Scramble 195(52)
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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.
