TANS Perú Flight 222
 The accident aircraft photographed at Cuzco's Velasco Astete airport in May 1998 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 January 2003 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Chachapoyas, Peru |
| Aircraft type | Fokker F28-1000 Fellowship |
| Operator | TANS Perú |
| Registration | OB-1396 |
| Flight origin | Jorge Chávez International Airport |
| Stopover | Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones Gonzáles International Airport |
| Destination | Chachapoyas Airport |
| Passengers | 41 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 46 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
TANS Peru Flight 222 was a TANS Perú flight of a Fokker F28-1000 Fellowship which crashed near Chachapoyas, Peru on January 9, 2003 while on approach to Chachapoyas Airport. None of the 46 passengers and crew aboard the Fokker F-28 survived.
Aircraft
The plane was a Dutch built Fokker F28-Mk1000 built in 1971, cn/msn, was 11100. Its registration was OB-1396. Until 1995 this F-28 was used as one of the presidential transports in VIP configuration, for short-haul and internal flights, after which it was replaced by a Boeing 737-500.
History
The Flight 222 was launched after a stopover in Chiclayo at 8:17 clock in the direction of Chachapoyas, climbed to flight level 190 following Victor airway 3. At 8:32 clock they turned to course 060 and began descend to flight level 130. Around 8:45 clock, the Fokker flew into Cerro Collorque at an altitude of 3,450 meters (10,350 feet), just 35 meters below the summit. Rescue teams didn't find the wreckage until two days later. None of the occupants survived as the plane had been pulverized by the crash into a vertical wall of rock.