Last updated: 20 January 2019
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 4 August 1987 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-2A1 |
| Operator: | LAN Chile |
| Registration: | CC-CHJ |
| C/n / msn: | 22602/711 |
| First flight: | 1980-10-17 (6 years 10 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 30 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 33 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Calama-El Loa Airport (CJC) ( Chile)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport (ANF/SCFA), Chile |
| Calama-El Loa Airport (CJC/SCCF), Chile |
The pilot, facing the sun, landed 520 m short of the displaced threshold of runway 27. The nosegear collapsed and the aircraft broke in two. A fire broke out 30 minutes later and destroyed the aircraft. The threshold was displaced by 880 m due to construction work.
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Sources:
» Aviation Letter 250» Cristian Cepeda
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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 Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport to Calama-El Loa Airport as the crow flies is 189 km (118 miles).
Distance from Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport to Calama-El Loa Airport as the crow flies is 189 km (118 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.
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