Fokker F27 Friendship crash, Sep 10, 1992 (1 killed), Bel...
Fokker F27 Friendship accident on September 10, 1992 near Bellavista-Huallaga, San Martín, Peru with 1 fatality. Cause: Pilot error during the approach...
- Date: September 10, 1992
- Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
- Location: Bellavista-Huallaga, San Martín, Peru
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot error during the approach and landing, with the aircraft in a nose-down attitude so that the nose gear touched down first.
An Expresso Aereo Fokker F27 (OB-1443) was landing at Bellavista on a scheduled service from Tarapoto. The aircraft touched down in a nose-low attitude so the nose gear landed first and collapsed, and the fuselage broke in two. The forward section caught fire and the captain, trapped in the cockpit, was killed. The other occupants were evacuated, 24 of them injured.