Incident Overview

Date: Tuesday 25 October 1988
Aircraft Type: Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000
Owner/operator: AeroPeru
Registration Number: OB-R-1020
Location: 2,5 km W of Juliaca Airport (JUL) – ÿ Peru
Phase of Flight: Initial climb
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 69
Component Affected: Aircraft Structure (primarily front fuselage, centre fuselage, lower fuselage, and aft fuselage sections)Aircraft Structure (primarily front fuselage, centre fuselage, lower fuselage, and aft fuselage sections)
Category: Accident
On takeoff from runway 29 at Juliaca Airport (JUL), Peru, an aircraft experienced a catastrophic incident resulting in multiple fatalities. The aircraft rotated, ascended, but failed to gain sufficient altitude, subsequently impacting a road and subsequently a riverbed. The impact caused significant damage to the aircraft’s structure, leading to the ejection of occupants. The front fuselage separated from the centre fuselage, resulting in an inverted position and significant damage to the lower fuselage. The aircraft’s structural integrity was severely compromised, particularly in the centre wing section, leading to the loss of both engines and the fin. The occupants were primarily ejected from the centre and aft cabin sections.On takeoff from runway 29 at Juliaca Airport (JUL), Peru, an aircraft experienced a catastrophic incident resulting in multiple fatalities. The aircraft rotated, ascended, but failed to gain sufficient altitude, subsequently impacting a road and subsequently a riverbed. The impact caused significant damage to the aircraft’s structure, leading to the ejection of occupants. The front fuselage separated from the centre fuselage, resulting in an inverted position and significant damage to the lower fuselage. The aircraft’s structural integrity was severely compromised, particularly in the centre wing section, leading to the loss of both engines and the fin. The occupants were primarily ejected from the centre and aft cabin sections.

Description

On takeoff from runway 29 at Juliaca Airport (JUL), Peru, the aircraft rotated, got airborne but failed to gain height. Gear was selected up, flaps retracted, but also power was retarded. The aircraft crossed the end of the runway and went very low over about 1800 m of flat hard soil, then impacted on a road which was about .8 m above the flat terrain with gulleys on either side of about 0.7 m deep. After several further impacts, it came to rest in a riverbed about 220 m from the road, about 1.5 m below the flat terrain. The aircraft came to rest in several parts. The front fuselage had separated from the centre fuselage near the wing front spar and came to rest inverted, about 50 m from the aft fuselage. The lower fuselage of this section was damaged and crushed from the radome rearwards with progressively more damage further aft, towards the break. However, survival space in this section was basically not compromised. Most seats were still fully attached to the floor with only some fracture at/near the floor break. The centre wing section, still connected to the right hand wing was badly damaged. The left hand wing had separated. The fuselage skin and top skin were torn from the centre section. A large number of broken seats and interior parts were found in an area aside the centre wing, presumably ejected from the centre wing/fuselage area upon impact with the sand in the river bed. Most of the fatalities were found here. Structural integrity of the aft fuselage, which had separated from the centre wing section, was entirely lost. Although still grouped together, both engines had separated from the tail, and the fin showed unusually severe damage. The occupants of the inverted forward section either evacuated on their own through the open end at the rear or with the assistance of others. It is believed that all of the occupants of the centre and aft cabin section were ejected.

Source of Information

http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=33&pagetype=65&appid=11&mode=detail&id=725http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=33&pagetype=65&appid=11&mode=detail&id=725

Primary Cause

Impact with a road and riverbed, likely caused by the aircraft’s rotation and loss of control.Impact with a road and riverbed, likely caused by the aircraft’s rotation and loss of control.

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