Boeing 737-200 crash, Jun 6, 1992 (47 killed), Tucutí
Boeing 737-200 accident on June 6, 1992 near Tucutí, Darién, Panama with 47 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control after the crew followed false data from...
- Date: June 6, 1992
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
- Location: Tucutí, Darién, Panama
- Fatalities: 47
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Loss of control after the crew followed false data from an intermittently failing attitude indicator, compounded by night and lack of a visible horizon, insufficient cross-checking of the standby instrument, and incomplete training.
Copa Airlines Flight 201, a Boeing 737-200 bound from Panama City to Cali, was cruising at FL250 at night when the main attitude indicator intermittently failed because of a short circuit. The crew did not notice and flew on false attitude information, and the aircraft entered a steep descent and broke up before hitting the jungle near Tucuti. All 47 people aboard were killed.