Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 9 December 1982
Aircraft Type: Fairchild F-27A
Owner/operator: Aeronor Chile
Registration Number: CC-CJE
Location: La Serena-La Florida Airport (LSC) –
ÿ Chile
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 46 / Occupants: 46
Component Affected: Left EngineLeft Engine
Category: Accident
A Fairchild F-27A aircraft on a flight from Santiago to La Serena crashed while on approach to the airport, resulting in the loss of all 46 occupants. The aircraft banked sharply and descended rapidly, resulting in a crash into the ground at a short distance from the runway. The aircraft immediately burst into flames.A Fairchild F-27A aircraft on a flight from Santiago to La Serena crashed while on approach to the airport, resulting in the loss of all 46 occupants. The aircraft banked sharply and descended rapidly, resulting in a crash into the ground at a short distance from the runway. The aircraft immediately burst into flames.
Description
Aeronor Chile flight 304, a Fairchild F-27A, crashed while on approach to La Serena Airport, Chile, killing all 46 occupants. After a 1h20 minutes flight from Santiago, the F-27 approached La Serena runway 11. suddenly the aircraft banked left and started a steep descent, crashing into the ground in a nose-up attitude, 2000 m short of the runway. The aircraft burst into flames immediately. PROBABLE CAUSE: “Inadequate flight planning by the pilot-in-command in co-ordinating the adoption of measures and applying procedures to successfully remedy a stall condition caused by total loss of power in the left engine when the aircraft was flying at low altitude on final approach to land, in landing configuration”
Primary Cause
Inadequate flight planning by the pilot-in-command in co-ordinating the adoption of measures and applying procedures to successfully remedy a stall condition caused by total loss of power in the left engine when the aircraft was flying at low altitude on final approach to land, in landing configuration.Inadequate flight planning by the pilot-in-command in co-ordinating the adoption of measures and applying procedures to successfully remedy a stall condition caused by total loss of power in the left engine when the aircraft was flying at low altitude on final approach to land, in landing configuration.Share on:
