Tingo Maria - Lima

On May 20, 1989 at 12:00 AM, Tingo Maria - Lima experienced a crash involving Cessna 208A Caravan, operated by Policía Nacional del Peru, with the event recorded near Mt Huacranacro Junín.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While flying in clouds, the single engine aircraft struck the slope of Mt Huacranacro located about 100 km east of Huaral. The wreckage was found few hours later and all nine occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PNP-021, MSN 208-0145, year of manufacture 1989.