| Date: | Saturday 28 March 1998 |
| Time: | 09:35 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-32A |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea del Peru - FAP |
| Registration: | OB-1389 |
| MSN: | 1304 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 55 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Piura Airport (PIU) -
 Peru
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Tumbes Airport (TBP/SPME) |
| Piura Airport (PIU/SPUR) |
The Antonov was flying regularly from Tumbes to Piura to evacuate people stranded by El Nino-driven floods. The plane had taken off at 09:10 from Tumbes. While approaching Piura one of the engines failed. The pilot from the heavily loaded aircraft couldn't maintain height. The Antonov eventually struck three houses of a shantytown and crashed into a canal.
There is some uncertainty about the registration.
Sources:
El Comercio
Scramble 235
Location
Images:
photo (c) Fernando Braschi Glave; near Piura Airport (PIU); 29 March 1998
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