 The Amazon Sky Antonov An-26 involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 17 December 2012 |
| Summary | Crashed due to icing and Pilot error |
| Site | Yauyos Province, Peru |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Antonov An-26 |
| Operator | Amazon Sky |
| Registration | OB-1887-P |
| Flight origin | Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima, Peru |
| Destination | Aeródromo Las Malvinas, Cuzco Province, Peru |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 17 December 2012, An Amazon Sky Antonov AN-26, registration OB-1887-P performing a freight flight from Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima to Aeròdromo Las Malvinas in the Cuzco Province, Peru with 4 crew.
Aircraft & Crew
The aircraft was a twin-turboprop Antonov An-26 built in 1978, it was delivered to Amazon Sky around December 2006 when was registered UR-VIG and re-registered OB-1887-P in April 2008.[1]
The crew consisted in a Captain with 13,145 hours total, of which 12,308 hours on Antonov An-26's;
A First Officer with 1,373 hours total, of which 1,193 hours on Antonov An-26's;
A Flight Engineer with 2,185 hours total, of which 2,130 hours on Antonov An-26's;
And a Navigator with 657 hours total, of which 602 hours on Antonov An-26's.
Accident
The aircraft had been flying from Peru's capital of Lima to an airfield of the Argentinian company Pluspetrol in the Cusco Region and was carrying a crew of 4 people. The accident occurred at about 15:42 local time as the aircraft firstly touched a mountain peak, then crashed in steep terrain. The site of the accident was only found the day after the crash.[2]
The investigation commission found that failure of both engines due to ice had caused the crash. The crew had failed to properly use the anti-icing.[3]
References
- ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-26-100 OB-1887-P Tomas District, Yauyos province". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ↑ Premack, Rachel. "'Lack of understanding of how unsafe he was': A pilot in Amazon Air's crashed cargo plane raised safety concerns at previous employers and repeatedly failed key exams". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ↑ "accident report CIAA August 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
External links
- Final report (in Spanish)