Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 10 July 2001
Aircraft Type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Owner/operator: L¡nea Area Amaszonas
Registration Number: CP-2395
Location: 2 km from Viacha –
ÿ Bolivia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13
Component Affected: Turbine compressor bladesTurbine compressor blades
Investigating Agency: DGAC-AIGDGAC-AIG
Category: Accident
An aircraft carrying a Caravan crashed on the Sarija hill near Rurrenabaque after six minutes of flight due to an engine failure. The pilot reported an emergency landing and the aircraft overturned upon impact, resulting in probable engine failure due to compressor blade fracture and separation.An aircraft carrying a Caravan crashed on the Sarija hill near Rurrenabaque after six minutes of flight due to an engine failure. The pilot reported an emergency landing and the aircraft overturned upon impact, resulting in probable engine failure due to compressor blade fracture and separation.
Description
The aircraft took off from La Paz-El Alto at 16:37 for a flight to Rurrenabaque. Six minutes into the flight, Upon reaching 14500 feet, the pilot reported an engine failure. An emergency landing was carried out on the Sarija hill. The Caravan overturned on impact. PROBABLE CAUSE (translated from Spanish): The Directorate General of Civil Aviation determined that the probable cause of the crash was engine failure due to fracture and separation of all the compressor blades of the turbine due to undetermined factors.
Primary Cause
Engine failure due to fracture and separation of compressor blades.Engine failure due to fracture and separation of compressor blades.Share on:
