Howard - La Paz

On August 18, 1974 at 12:00 AM, Howard - La Paz experienced a crash involving Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near La Paz La Paz.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a flight from Howard AFN, Panama, to La Paz. While descending to La Paz-El Alto Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with limited visibility due to clouds from 700 to 24,000 feet. The crew informed ATC about his position about three minutes from La Paz VOR when he was cleared to descend from 24,000 to 18,000 feet. Shortly later, while flying at an altitude of 18,700 feet, the airplane struck the slope of a mountain (20,000 feet high) located 28 km north of El Alto Airport. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all seven crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 65-0274, MSN 6126, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -34.7447°, -56.2315°.