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| Date: | Friday 16 May 2003 |
| Time: | 11:27 |
| Type: |  Lockheed T-33-SF/SC |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Boliviana |
| Registration: | FAB-623 |
| MSN: | 042 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Huanchaco -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Carlos Martinez de Pinillos, Huanchaco |
| Santa Cruz-El Trompillo Airport (SRZ/SLET) |
Crashed into the sea two minutes after take-off. Mayor FAB José Maldonado León and Capitán FAB Juan Claros García.
Note: (1) reported as FAB-626 and on 19 MAY 2003, taking-off 12:27 and fell into the sea two minutes later (12:29), "stranded" since 27 OCT 2002, awaiting engine change, engine arrived on 16 MAY 2003 in a FAB C-130, engine changed and test flown 17/18 MAY, received permission to fly back to Bolivia on May 19.
(2) reported as FAB-623 and "contact lost Saturday" (17.), search initiated "yesterday" (19.) and abandoned "in the morning" (20.) due to weather.
(3) "FAB-626" with "c/n 081" on a photo in 2008 seems to be the original FAB-625 (FAB-626 ->c/n 307). E-mail from photographer Peter Davis: c/n not checked at the time and will be amended to c/n 307.
Sources:
Scramble 296
(1) Historias de Bolivia, Archivos Históricos, via https://historias-bolivia.blogspot.com/2020/09/desaparicion-de-un-t-33-boliviano-en-el.html
(2) No hay rastros en avión caído en Perú, 20 MAY 2003, via https://www.bolivia.com/noticias/autonoticias/DetalleNoticia13569.asp
(3) https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1628753
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Feb-2012 23:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Apr-2016 18:11 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Apr-2016 18:15 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 23-Apr-2016 18:20 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 11-Nov-2020 12:43 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 19-Feb-2025 15:29 | TB | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Oct-2025 18:43 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Oct-2025 08:29 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Oct-2025 16:33 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 30-Oct-2025 19:47 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 04-Nov-2025 06:54 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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