ASN Aircraft accident Douglas RC-54V (DC-4) OB-R-776 Pozo Chuño Mountain, Contumazá district

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Status:
Date:	Wednesday 14 January 1970
Type:	Douglas RC-54V (DC-4)
Operator:	Faucett Perú
Registration:	OB-R-776
MSN:	10591
First flight:	1945
Crew:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:	Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24
Total:	Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 28
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	Pozo Chuño Mountain, Contumazá district ( Peru)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Trujillo Airport (TRU/SPRU), Peru
Destination airport:	Juanjuí Airport (JJI/SPJI), Peru

Narrative:
Crashed into a mountain.

Probable Cause:

CAUSE: Probable causes were: 1) Mental state of pilot-in-command which adversely affected judgment and efficiency. 2) Human error by PIC. 3) Faulty control of air traffic. 4) Inadequate meteorological conditions. 5) Faulty navaids along the route.

Classification:

Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

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Distance from Trujillo Airport to Juanjuí Airport as the crow flies is 280 km (175 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

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.

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