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Mar
Convair CV-440 – CP-2142
The CV-440 suffered an engine surge on climb-out. The captain decided to return to the airport. The landing gear deployed fine, but the...
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Mar
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Mar
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Mar
Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 – CP-2165
Just before V1 (107 kts) the no. 2 engine auto feathered. The takeoff was aborted and the aircraft overran runway 17 coming to rest aga...
26
Mar
Convair CV-440-80 – CP-1961
The airplane was descending for La Paz in poor weather over mountains when it flew into Chacaltaya Mountain at FL150. Chacaltaya is a g...
26
Mar
Convair CV-440 – CP-2212
An emergency landing had to be carried after the no. 1 engine caught fire shortly after takeoff. The aircraft was destroyed by fire aft...
26
Mar
Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando – CP-1848
On climbout the no. 1 engine backfired and caught fire. The prop was feathered and unsuccessful attempts were made to extinguish the fi...
26
Mar
Douglas DC-6 – CP-1654
The no. 2 engine backfired just after V1 on takeoff. The pilot aborted takeoff and the DC-6 overran the 1500 m grass runway. The engine...
26
Mar
Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III – N3044J
Veered right off the runway onto soft ground, causing the nosegear to collapse.
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3) – CP-1960
The no. 2 engine had been changed and a test flight was made. Shortly after takeoff the no1 engine backfired and smoke entered the cock...