Date: | Saturday 21 April 2012 |
Time: | 08:13 |
Type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | SkyTeam Cargo |
Registration: | CP-1319 |
MSN: | 22428 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Total airframe hrs: | 29080 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport (VVI) -
Bolivia
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport (VVI/SLVR) |
Destination airport: | Cobija-E. Beltram Airport (CIJ/SLCO) |
Investigating agency: | DGAC-AIG |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A Curtiss C-46 transport plane was destroyed in an accident at Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport (VVI), Bolivia. Three crew members were killed, the passenger survived.
The flight departed Santa Cruz (VVI) at 08:07 on a domestic cargo flight to Cobija (CIJ). Immediately after takeoff the flight radioed that it was returning to the airport, without stating a reason.
The airplane was on short final to runway 16 when it pulled up sharply. Control was lost and the aircraft fell off to the right, impacting terrain about 200 m from the northern end of runway 16.
Probable cause (translated from Spanish):
The cause of the accident was that the aircraft, while on short finals and cleared to land, made an unusual flight maneuver by climbing almost vertically until a wing stall and plunging violently against the terrain, bursting into flames within the security area of the runway.
METAR:
12:00 UTC / 08:00 local time:
SLVR 211200Z 19018KT 3000 -RA SCT005 BKN017 FEW030CB OVC070 21/20 Q1016
Wind 190 degrees at 18 knots; visibility 3000m in rain; Scattered clouds at 500 feet; Broken clouds at 1700 feet; Few cumulonimbus clouds at 3000 feet; Overcast at 7000 feet; temperature 21 deg C; Dew point 20 deg C.; QNH 1016 mb.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | DGAC-AIG |
Report number: | ACC-007-12 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
El Deber
El Diario 22-4-2012
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
17 May 1999 |
CP-1319 |
CAMBA - Commercializadora Aérea Mixta Boliviana |
0 |
El Paraiso Ranch |
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sub |
Forced landing |
Location
Images:
photo (c) Michael Prophet; La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB/SLLP); 06 June 2010
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