La Serena - Santiago

On March 20, 1987 at 07:45 PM, La Serena - Santiago experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, operated by Aeroguayacán, with the event recorded near San Felipe Región de Valparaíso.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 88.9%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The twin engine aircraft departed La Serena-La Florida Airport at 1900LT on a regular schedule service to Santiago de Chile. About 45 minutes into the flight, the crew encountered engine problems, declared an emergency and was cleared to divert to San Felipe Airport. On approach, the aircraft stalled and crashed in a peach plantation located 10 km from the airport, bursting into flames. A passenger was seriously injured while eight other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CC-CDW, MSN LD-126, year of manufacture 1963.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -32.7393°, -70.7179°.