ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325177
| Date: | Tuesday 14 September 1993 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair CV-440 |
| Owner/operator: | SASA - Servicios Aéreos Santa Ana |
| Registration: | CP-2256 |
| MSN: | 447 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Colquemarca -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
| La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB/SLLP) |
Two hours after takeoff from Lima, the crew smelled compass fluid and realised that the magnetic compass had become unreliable. Because of low fog banks the crew were not able to establish their position visually and climbed to FL180 to find the Cordillera Mountain range. When the engines started to backfire, a forced belly landing was made in open countryside.
Sources:
Scramble 176
Images:
photo (c) Einar Jiménez; near Colquemarca; 12 September 2004
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); 20 August 1986
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