Douglas DC-8 crash, Feb 4, 1996 (22 killed), Asunción-Sil...
Douglas DC-8 accident on February 4, 1996 near Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi, Central, Paraguay with 22 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control during the...
- Date: February 4, 1996
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
- Location: Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi, Central, Paraguay
- Fatalities: 22
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Loss of control during the initial climb after the crew deliberately reduced power on two engines for unauthorised training, with the co-pilot unable to keep control. Contributing factors included the captain's low experience in that configuration and the absence of a flight safety doctrine.
A Lineas Aereas del Caribe DC-8 on a positioning flight from Asuncion to Campinas was climbing after takeoff when the crew deliberately reduced power on two engines as an unauthorised training exercise. The aircraft lost speed, stalled, and crashed about 1,500 metres past the runway end in a residential district, where it burned. All four occupants and 18 people on the ground were killed.