Puerto Suárez – Santa Cruz

On June 18, 1971 at 12:00 AM, Puerto Suárez – Santa Cruz experienced a crash involving Rockwell Turbo Commander 680/681, operated by Corporación Minera de Bolivia, with the event recorded near San José de Chiquitos Santa Cruz.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

En route from Puerto Suárez to Santa Cruz, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located near San José de Chiquitos, some 335 km northwest of Puerto Suárez. All eight occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CP-894, MSN 681-6015, year of manufacture 1970.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -18.2039°, -60.3373°.