Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 09 JAN 2001 |
| Time: | 17:20 |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-287 |
| Operator: | Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB |
| Registration: | CP-2323 |
| C/n / msn: | 22605/1787 |
| First flight: | 1981-11-06 (19 years 2 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 138 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 146 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE) (Argentina)
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| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ), Argentina |
| Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport (VVI/SLVR), Bolivia |
The left main gear failed as the aircraft taxied onto runway 11 for departure. Investigation revealed that the forward trunnion bearing support fitting broke due to intergranular corrosion.
Sources:
» Exequiel Perez Millan
» ICAO Adrep
» La Nacion
Follow-up / safety actions
FAA issued 1 Airworthiness Directive
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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 Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA to Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport as the crow flies is 1958 km (1224 miles).
Distance from Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA to Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport as the crow flies is 1958 km (1224 miles).
