Yakovlev Yak-40 crash, Nov 5, 1994 (6 killed), Saposoa
Yakovlev Yak-40 accident on November 5, 1994 near Saposoa, San Martín, Peru with 6 fatalities. Cause: Pilot error by the instructor pilot, who...
- Date: November 5, 1994
- Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
- Location: Saposoa, San Martín, Peru
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot error by the instructor pilot, who continued the approach in inadequate weather and landed long on a wet runway, combined with poor crew coordination and the failure to go around.
A Yak-40 on scheduled flight 2079 from Trujillo to Lima was landing at Saposoa in poor weather when visual contact was briefly regained at about 50 feet. The crew continued the landing instead of going around, touched down on a wet runway with insufficient distance left, overran and plunged into the Saposoa River. Most sources report six deaths, including the instructor pilot, with about 24 people injured.