 Similar Peruvian airplane as the involved airplane | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8 December 1967 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Cordillera de Carpish, Peru |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas C-54 |
| Operator | Faucett Perú |
| Registration | OB-R-148 |
| Flight origin | Lima Airport Lima, Peru |
| Stopover | Huánuco Airport Huánuco, Peru |
| Destination | Tingo Maria Airport Tingo Maria, Peru |
| Occupants | 72 |
| Passengers | 66 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 72 |
| Survivors | 0 |
A Faucett Perú operated domestic scheduled Lima–Huánuco–Tingo Maria passenger flight, operated with a Douglas C-54, crashed on 8 December 1967 against a mountain at Cordillera de Carpish. All 66 passengers and 6 crew members aboard were killed.
Accident details
The Douglas C-54 operated by Faucett Perú was on 8 December 1967 a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Lima via Huánuco to Tingo Maria. The involved aircraft involved had made its first flight in 1944 and had registration: OB-R-148 and MSN: 10284. From Lima there were 65 people onboard: 60 passengers and 5 crew members. All people onboard were Peruvian citizens except for three Italian citizens and two Belgian citizens. After Huánuco there were 72 people on board: 66 passengers and 6 crew members.
After a short stopover in Huánuco, the airplane crashed at 12:00 near at the eastern slope near the top of a 3300 metres high mountain at Cordillera de Carpish in the Andes. The burning wreckage tumbled 3,000 feet below the summit. The crash occurred within 100 metres of the highway between Lima and Tingo Maria. Motorists and police officers went to the crash site. They tried to rescue people from the airplane but could not save any lives. All 72 people on board were killed. By the time that rescuers arrived at the scene, they found that looters from Huánuco had taken clothes, money, rings and other possessions from the bodies of the victims.
It is assumed that due to the clouds the pilot didn’t see the mountain in time and crashed.
References
- ^ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 1 September 2023.
- "Peruviaans vliegtuig neergestort: 65 doden". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 9 December 1957 – via Delpher.
- "Vliegramp in Peru". Gereformeerd gezinsblad (in Dutch). 12 December 1957 – via Delpher.
- "Bij vliegramp in Peru 65 doden". Het Parool (in Dutch). 9 December 1957 – via Delpher.
- ^ "'Human Vultures' Stripped Peru Plane Crash Victims". Baltimore Sun. 11 December 1967. p. 3.
- "Vliegramp in Peru". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 9 December 1957 – via Delpher.
- "Vliegramp in Peru: 65 mensen gedood". Trouw (in Dutch). 11 December 1957 – via Delpher.
| Aviation accidents and incidents in 1967 (1967) | |
|---|---|
| Jan 14 Aeroflot Flight 5003Feb 16 Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 708Feb 28 Philippine Air Lines Flight 345Mar 5 Lake Central Airlines Flight 527Mar 5 Varig Flight 837Mar 9 TWA Flight 553Mar 10 West Coast Airlines Flight 720Mar 13 South African Airways Flight 406Mar 30 Delta Air Lines Flight 9877Apr 11 Air Algérie DC-4 crashApr 20 Nicosia Globe Air Bristol Britannia crashJun 3 Air Ferry DC-4 accidentJun 4 Stockport air disasterJun 23 Mohawk Airlines Flight 40Jun 30 Thai Airways International Flight 601Jul 6 Philippine Air Lines Flight 385Jul 19 Piedmont Airlines Flight 22Aug 27 Lake Erie skydiving disasterSep 5 ČSA Flight 523Oct 12 Cyprus Airways Flight 284Nov 4 Iberia Flight 062Nov 6 TWA Flight 159Nov 15 X-15 Flight 3-65-97Nov 16 Aeroflot Flight 2230Nov 20 TWA Flight 128Dec 8 Faucett Perú Douglas C-54 crashDec 30 Aeroflot Flight L-51 | |
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