Asunción - La Paz

On January 1, 1985 at 08:30 PM, Asunción - La Paz experienced a crash involving Boeing 727-200, operated by Eastern Airlines, with the event recorded near Mt Nevado Illimani La Paz.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

29 people were known to be on board, 29 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 10, passengers on board: 19, passenger fatalities: 19, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. After crossing Dakon intersection about 55 NM southeast of La Paz, the crew was cleared to descend from FL250 to FL180. The crew deviated from the prescribed route apparently to avoid bad weather when, at an altitude of 19,600 feet, the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Nevado Illimani (6,400 meters high) located 43 km southeast from runway 28. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 29 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N819EA, MSN 22556, year of manufacture 1982.