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| Date: | Monday 6 February 1995 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  English Electric Canberra B(I)68 |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea del Perú |
| Registration: | 257 |
| MSN: | 71648 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Alto Cenepa -
 Ecuador
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
(1) Crashed into a mountain in bad weather during Alto-Cenepa conflict. Last radar contact reported at 07:00.
(2) Capitán Percy Philipps Cuba and navigator Capitán Miguel Alegre Rodríguez (32). Reported took off 05:30 to reach another Canberras for a bombing mission in the upper Cenepa in bad weather conditions and did not return. Cause of the crash noted as due to hit by AAA and bad weather conditions.
(3) According to the official report of the FAP the loss caused by a mechanical failure due to the age of the manufacture
Sources:
(1) http://www.fap.mil.pe/wrdp/?page_id=1848
(2) Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas del Perú
(3) https://www.geocities.ws/gigantesdelcenepa/aviacionperucenepa/combate6feb1995.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Apr-2015 17:48 | TB | Added |
| 27-Oct-2024 09:11 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Oct-2024 10:33 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Oct-2025 17:33 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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