| Date: | Tuesday 4 August 1987 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-2A1 |
| Owner/operator: | LAN Chile |
| Registration: | CC-CHJ |
| MSN: | 22602/711 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 33 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Calama-El Loa Airport (CJC) -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport (ANF/SCFA) |
| Calama-El Loa Airport (CJC/SCCF) |
The pilot, facing the sun, landed 520 m short of the displaced threshold of runway 27. The nosegear collapsed and the aircraft broke in two. A fire broke out 30 minutes later and destroyed the aircraft. The threshold was displaced by 880 m due to construction work.
Sources:
Aviation Letter 250
Cristian Cepeda
Location
Images:
photo (c) Aviation Safety Network
photo (c) Bruce Drum/AirlinersGallery.com; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); 23 December 1980
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