Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Statuts: | Préliminaire |
| Date: | 21 AVR 2012 |
| Heure: | ca 08:15 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Compagnie: | SkyTeam |
| Immatriculation: | CP-1319 |
| Numéro de série: | 22428 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1945 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 1 |
| Total: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 4 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport (VVI) (Bolivie)
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| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport (VVI/SLVR), Bolivie |
| Cobija-E. Beltram Airport (CIJ/SLCO), Bolivie |
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, one survived.
The flight departed Santa Cruz (VVI) on a domestic flight to Cobija (CIJ). The airplane crashed about 200 m from the northern end of runway (16/34).
Local news reports indicate that the accident happened when the pilot executed a go around during a return to Viru Viru Airport shortly after takeoff.
Weather reported about the time of the accident (ca 08:15 local / 12:15 UTC) was reported as:
SLVR 211200Z 19018KT 3000 -RA SCT005 BKN017 FEW030CB OVC070 21/20 Q1016
[12:00 UTC: 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.
Sources:
» El Deber
» El Diario 22-4-2012
Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport et Cobija-E. Beltram Airport est de 950 km (594 miles).
La distance entre Santa Cruz-Viru Viru International Airport et Cobija-E. Beltram Airport est de 950 km (594 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
