Lima – Chiclayo – Chachapoyas

On January 9, 2003 at 08:45 AM, Lima – Chiclayo – Chachapoyas experienced a crash involving Fokker F28 Fellowship, operated by Transportes Aéreos Nacionales de la Selva - TANS, with the event recorded near Chachapoyas Amazonas.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

46 people were known to be on board, 46 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 41, passenger fatalities: 41, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Lima on a regular schedule flight to Chachapoyas with an intermediate stop in Chiclayo, carrying 41 passengers and five crew members. Following an uneventful flight from Chiclayo, the crew started the descent to Chachapoyas Airport in poor weather conditions. The crew maintained several radio contacts with ATC and all seemed to be 'normal' on board when the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Coloque located 15 km from the airport. Due to poor weather conditions and because the crash site was unaccessible, SAR teams arrived on scene two days later. The wreckage was found at an altitude of 3,300 metres. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 46 occupants were killed. The occupants were respectively 41 Peruvians, two Belgians, one Dutch, one Spanish and one Cuban.

Aircraft reference details include registration OB-1396, MSN 11100, year of manufacture 1975.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -6.2213°, -77.8682°.