San Borja - La Paz

On January 7, 1975 at 12:00 AM, San Borja - La Paz experienced a crash involving Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, operated by Transaéreos Frimo - Frigorifico Movima, with the event recorded near San Borja-Capitán Germán Quiroga Guardia Beni.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

29 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 28 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 3.4%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 25, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after takeoff from San Borja-Capitán Germán Quiroga Guardia Airport, the crew informed ATC about a hydraulic leak on the right engine and was cleared to return. While descending, the crew was unable to maintain a safe altitude and decided to attempt an emergency landing in an open field. On touchdown, the tail separated and the airplane came to rest in flames. A passenger was killed while 28 other occupants were evacuated, some of them were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration CP-961, MSN 467, year of manufacture 1958.