Incident Overview
Date: Friday 21 January 2005
Aircraft Type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Owner/operator: L¡nea Area Amaszonas
Registration Number: CP-2412
Location: near Colquiri –
ÿ Bolivia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12
Component Affected: Aircraft engine and control systems.Aircraft engine and control systems.
Category: Accident
A Grand Caravan aircraft experienced a catastrophic loss of altitude due to icing conditions in thick fog, resulting in a crash landing on a steep slope of Cerro Huaricollo.A Grand Caravan aircraft experienced a catastrophic loss of altitude due to icing conditions in thick fog, resulting in a crash landing on a steep slope of Cerro Huaricollo.
Description
The Grand Caravan departed La Paz (LPB) at 09:15 for a flight to Sucre (SRE). Some 45 minutes after takeoff the airplane could not maintain altitude in icing conditions and crash-landed in thick fog in hilly terrain on the slope of Cerro Huaricollo.
Primary Cause
Icing conditions and thick fog created an unstable atmospheric environment, leading to loss of altitude and subsequent crash landing.Icing conditions and thick fog created an unstable atmospheric environment, leading to loss of altitude and subsequent crash landing.Share on:
