Lima - La Paz

On September 14, 1993 at 12:00 AM, Lima - La Paz experienced a crash involving Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, operated by Servicios Aéreos Santa Ana - SASA, with the event recorded near Colquemarca Cuzco.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While cruising at the altitude of 18,000 feet, the aircraft suffered a hydraulic failure. Some instruments failed and the crew elected to gain height to have a better visibility when shortly later, the right engine backfired and lost power. The captain decided to make an emergency landing but encountered local patches of fog. The aircraft eventually belly landed on a plateau and came to rest. All three crew members were rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration CP-2256, MSN 447, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -14.2847°, -72.0407°.