Narrative:
After a 1h20 minutes flight from Santiago, the F-27 approached La Serena runway 11. suddenly the aircraft banked left and started a steep descent, crashing into the ground in a nose-up attitude, 2000 m short of the runway. The aircraft burst into flames immediately.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Inadequate flight planning by the pilot-in-command in co-ordinating the adoption of measures and applying procedures to successfully remedy a stall condition caused by total loss of power in the left engine when the aircraft was flying at low altitude on final approach to land, in landing configuration"
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Thursday 9 December 1982 |
| Time: | 13:27 UTC |
| Type: |  Fairchild F-27A |
| Operator: | Aeronor Chile |
| Registration: | CC-CJE |
| MSN: | 63 |
| First flight: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 47357 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls-Royce Dart 532-7 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 42 / Occupants: 42 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 46 / Occupants: 46 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | La Serena-La Florida Airport (LSC) ( Chile)
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| Crash site elevation: | 147 m (482 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport (ULC/SCTI), Chile |
| La Serena-La Florida Airport (LSC/SCSE), Chile | |
| Flightnumber: | 304 |
After a 1h20 minutes flight from Santiago, the F-27 approached La Serena runway 11. suddenly the aircraft banked left and started a steep descent, crashing into the ground in a nose-up attitude, 2000 m short of the runway. The aircraft burst into flames immediately.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Inadequate flight planning by the pilot-in-command in co-ordinating the adoption of measures and applying procedures to successfully remedy a stall condition caused by total loss of power in the left engine when the aircraft was flying at low altitude on final approach to land, in landing configuration"
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» ICAO Circular 191-AN/116Photos
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 Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport to La Serena-La Florida Airport as the crow flies is 399 km (250 miles).
Distance from Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport to La Serena-La Florida Airport as the crow flies is 399 km (250 miles).
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