Juliaca – Arequipa

On October 25, 1988 at 10:53 AM, Juliaca – Arequipa experienced a crash involving Fokker F28 Fellowship, operated by AeroPeru, with the event recorded near Juliaca Puno.

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

69 people were known to be on board, 12 fatalities were recorded, 57 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 17.4%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 65, passenger fatalities: 11, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. After takeoff from Juliaca-Inca Manco Capac Airport runway 29, the aircraft encountered difficulties to gain height. It passed over the runway end at low height when the crew raised the landing gear, retracted the flaps and retarded power. The aircraft failed to gain altitude and flew low for about 1,800 meters when it struck obstacles and crashed in a river bed about 2,5 km from the runway end. 12 occupants were killed while 57 others were injured. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact.

Aircraft reference details include registration OB-R-1020, MSN 11059, year of manufacture 1972.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -15.4970°, -70.1302°.