Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 14 JAN 2000 |
| Time: | 12:16 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130B Hercules |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Boliviana |
| Registration: | TAM-60 |
| C/n / msn: | 3559 |
| First flight: | 1960 |
| Engines: | 4 Allison T56-A-7 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 24 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 31 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Chimore Airport (Bolivia)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chimore Airport (SLCH), Bolivia |
| Trinidad Airport (TDD/SLTR), Bolivia |
Departed the left side of runway 35, about 600 meters from the approach end, impacted a ditch and came to rest in a forested area off the left side of the runway.
Sources:
» NTSB
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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 Chimore Airport to Trinidad Airport as the crow flies is 242 km (151 miles).
Distance from Chimore Airport to Trinidad Airport as the crow flies is 242 km (151 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.
