Trinidad – Todos Santos

On September 27, 1935 at 12:00 AM, Trinidad – Todos Santos experienced a crash involving Sikorsky S-38, operated by Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB Airlines, with the event recorded near Colquiri Cochabamba.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route from Trinidad to Todos Santos, the crew encountered problems and attempted an emergency landing in Aguas Negras, near the Rio Sécure, State of Beni. The seaplane came to rest in a muddy field. Both pilots Armando Suárez and Sergio Ríos Toro later obtained help and were able to leave. While approaching Colquiri, weather conditions deteriorated and the aircraft hit a mountain slope and was wrecked. Both pilots were injured, Sergio Ríos Toro more seriously. The aircraft did not have any registration but was christened 'El Marihui'. Source and more info: http://www.aviacionboliviana.net/civil/aeronaves/sikorsky.htm

Aircraft reference details include registration El Marihui, MSN 114-11, year of manufacture 1929.

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