ASN Aircraft accident Yakovlev Yak-40 OB-1559 Tingo Maria

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Status:
Date:	Friday 25 February 1994
Type:	Yakovlev Yak-40
Operator:	Expresso Aéreo
Registration:	OB-1559
MSN:	9640251
First flight:	1976
Engines:	3 Ivchenko AI-25
Crew:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:	Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26
Total:	Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 31
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	ca 50 km S of Tingo Maria ( Peru)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Tingo Maria Airport (TGI/SPGM), Peru
Destination airport:	Lima-Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM/SPIM), Peru

Narrative:
Struck Cerro Carpish at 4000 m, 6 min after leaving Tingo Maria.

Classification:

Sources:

» Soviet Transports
» Air Letter 12943(1.3.94)
» Scramble 179

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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 Tingo Maria Airport to Lima-Jorge Chávez International Airport as the crow flies is 344 km (215 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few 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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