La Paz - Sucre

On January 21, 2005 at 10:00 AM, La Paz - Sucre experienced a crash involving Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operated by Línea Aérea Amaszonas, with the event recorded near Colquiri Cochabamba.

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

12 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 12 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: 10, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The single engine aircraft departed La Paz-El Alto Airport at 0915LT on a schedule service to Sucre with 10 passengers and two pilots on board. About 45 minutes into the flight, the crew reported icing conditions. The aircraft lost height and crashed on the slope of Mt Huaricollo. All 12 occupants were rescued and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CP-2412, MSN 208B-0897, year of manufacture 2001.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -17.3565°, -66.1817°.