Pisco - Pisco

On April 28, 2005 at 11:28 AM, Pisco - Pisco experienced a crash involving Let L-410, operated by Peruvian Armed Forces - Ejército del Perú, with the event recorded near Pisco Ica.

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

13 people were known to be on board, 13 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The twin engine aircraft departed Pisco Airport on a local training flight with 13 people on board, among them one Guatemalan instructor and several pilots under training on this model recently purchased by the Peruvian Armed Forces. Seven minutes after takeoff, the instructor shut down the left engine to simulate a failure when control was lost. The aircraft crashed and burned. All 13 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration EP-830, MSN 79 03 04, year of manufacture 1979.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -13.7884°, -76.2374°.