La Paz - Rurrenabaque

On July 10, 2001 at 04:46 PM, La Paz - Rurrenabaque experienced a crash involving Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operated by Línea Aérea Amaszonas, with the event recorded near Viacha La Paz.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 13 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The single engine aircraft departed La Paz-El Alto Airport at 1637LT on a regular schedule flight to Rurrenabaque, carrying 11 passengers and two pilots. About six minutes later, while cruising at an altitude of 14,500 feet, the engine failed. The crew reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crash landed in a field and came to rest upside down. Both pilots and two passengers were seriously injured while nine other occupants were slightly injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CP-2395, MSN 208B-0842, year of manufacture 2000.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -16.6597°, -68.3023°.