Boeing 737-200 crash, Aug 9, 1995 (65 killed), Mt San Vic...
Boeing 737-200 accident on August 9, 1995 near Mt San Vicente (Chichontepec), San Vicente, Salvador with 65 fatalities. Cause: The crew lost...
- Date: August 9, 1995
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
- Location: Mt San Vicente (Chichontepec), San Vicente, Salvador
- Fatalities: 65
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew lost situational awareness of a 7,159 ft obstruction and descended below the minimum sector altitude; ambiguous position reporting with ATC and an ineffective CRM program at Aviateca contributed.
Aviateca Flight 901, a Boeing 737 on a multi-stop service from Miami toward San Jose, was descending toward San Salvador at night in heavy rain and thunderstorms. After a GPWS warning the aircraft struck trees on the slopes of Mount San Vicente and broke up. All 65 people aboard died.