Santa Rosa de Yacuma - La Paz

On November 3, 1993 at 12:00 AM, Santa Rosa de Yacuma - La Paz experienced a crash involving Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, operated by CAMBA Transportes Aéreos - Comercializadora Aérea Mixta Boliviana, with the event recorded near El Triunfo Beni.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) 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. Six minutes after takeoff from Santa Rosa de Yacuma Airport, en route to La Paz, the flight engineer informed the captain that the left engine caught fire. The crew shut down the engine and feathered its propeller. The captain decided to attempt an emergency landing on an abandoned airfield located in El Triunfo, about 24 km north of Santa Rosa de Yacuma Airport. After landing, the aircraft rolled for about 100 metres when the left main gear collapsed. The aircraft veered to the left and rolled for few dozen metres before coming to rest, bursting into flames. All three crew members escaped uninjured and the fire partially destroyed the left part of the aircraft.

Aircraft reference details include registration CP-2212, MSN 330, year of manufacture 1956.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -14.7029°, -66.5581°.