 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]
Investigation
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]
The report of the investigation commission also found other contributory factors all focused on the crew's mistakes which are specifically poor planning and lack of an appropriate procedure in the checklist (Failure and re-ignition of two engines) also bad weather condition is contributed.[1]
References
- 1 2 "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)