Boeing 737-200 crash, Aug 23, 2005 (40 killed), Pucallpa
Boeing 737-200 accident on August 23, 2005 near Pucallpa, Ucayali, Peru with 40 fatalities. Cause: Crew decided to continue the approach into severe...
- Date: August 23, 2005
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
- Location: Pucallpa, Ucayali, Peru
- Fatalities: 40
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Crew decided to continue the approach into severe storm weather, descended unstabilized and entered the core of the storm, where severe hail obscured the windows and caused loss of situational awareness.
A Boeing 737-200 operated by TANS Peru on a scheduled Lima to Pucallpa to Iquitos service descended into a severe thunderstorm while approaching Pucallpa. The crew continued an unstabilized approach, entered severe hail and lost visual references, and the aircraft crashed in a swamp about 3.5 km short of the runway, followed by fire. Forty people, including five crew, were killed and 58 were injured.