| Date: | Tuesday 10 December 2013 |
| Time: | 10:20 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M |
| Owner/operator: | Transporte Aéreo Militar - TAM |
| Registration: | FAB-90 |
| MSN: | 10578 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 536-7P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Guayaramerín Airport (GYA) -
 Bolivia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Guayaramerín Airport (GYA/SLGY) |
| Trinidad Airport (TDD/SLTR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M passenger plane, operated by the Bolivian military airline TAM, was damaged in a bird strike accident near Guayaramerín, Bolivia.
TAM Flight 620 departed Guayaramerín at 10:15 bound for Trinidad, Bolivia. Shortly after takeoff the no. 2 engine suffered a bird strike. The right hand wing sustained a three foot long crack.
The pilot decided to return to Guayaramerín Airport, where it landed safely at 10:32. None of the occupants was injured. There were an estimated 25 occupants on the plane.
Sources:
La Razon
El Deber
Location
Images:
photo (c) Fokker, Frank Ellemers Collection; in flight; April 1979
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