Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 17 DEC 2012 |
| Type: | Antonov 26-100 |
| Operator: | Amazon Sky |
| Registration: | OB-1887-P |
| C/n / msn: | 6606 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Tomas, Yauyos province (Peru)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Lima-Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM/SPIM), Peru |
| Las Malvinas Airstrip, Peru |
An Antonov 26 cargo plane, operated by Amazon Sky, was destroyed in an accident near Tomas, Yauyos province, Peru. All four crew members were killed.
The airplane took off from Lima-Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM) at 10:09 for the one hour flight to the Las Malvinas Airstrip. The crew failed to report the start of descent and the flight was declared missing at 14:09. The wreckage was found on December 18.
Sources:
» Aeronoticias
» Confirman que el avión siniestrado de Amazon Sky está en Yauyos (Perú21, 18-12-2012)
Photos
UR-VIG was delivered to Amazon Sky about December 2006 and registered OB-1887-P in April 2008
UR-VIG was delivered to Amazon Sky about December 2006 and registered OB-1887-P in April 2008
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 Lima-Jorge Chavez International Airport to Las Malvinas Airstrip as the crow flies is 453 km (283 miles).
Distance from Lima-Jorge Chavez International Airport to Las Malvinas Airstrip as the crow flies is 453 km (283 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.
