Barranquilla - Asunción - Campinas

On February 4, 1996 at 02:12 PM, Barranquilla - Asunción - Campinas experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-8, operated by LAC Colombia - Lineas Aéreas del Caribe, with the event recorded near Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi Central.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 22 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 550.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 18.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was completing a positioning flight from Asunción to Campinas on behalf of Alas Paraguayas, under flight number ALA028. As there was no cargo on board, the crew decided to make profit of the situation to perform training upon takeoff. During the takeoff roll on runway 02, at Vr speed, the captain reduced the power on engine n°1 and after liftoff, he reduced power on engine n°2. With the undercarriage still down and the flaps at 15°, the aircraft became unstable, lost height and crashed in the district of Mariano Roque Alonso, about 1,500 metres past the runway end. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all four occupants were killed as well as 18 people on ground, most of them children taking part to a volleyball game.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-3979X, MSN 45882, year of manufacture 1966.