Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 16 APR 2006 |
| Time: | 11:37 |
| Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M |
| Operator: | Transporte Aéreo Militar - TAM |
| Registration: | FAB-91 |
| C/n / msn: | 10580 |
| First flight: | 1978-11-14 (27 years 5 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce 536-7P Dart |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 27 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 31 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Guayaramerín Airport (GYA) (Bolivia)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Riberalta-Gen Buech Airport (RIB/SLRI), Bolivia |
| Guayaramerin Airport (GYA/SLGY), Bolivia |
The Fokker F-27 departed Riberalta (RIB) at 11:23 on a flight to Guayaramerín (GYA). It was raining when the airplane landed at Guayaramerín. The F-27 ran off the runway, causing substantial damage to the undercarriage and wings. An 80-year old woman died of a heart attack a few hours after the accident.
Events:
Sources:
» Un avión del TAM se accidenta en el Beni (La Razón 17-4-2006)
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Riberalta-Gen Buech Airport to Guayaramerin Airport as the crow flies is 87 km (54 miles).
Distance from Riberalta-Gen Buech Airport to Guayaramerin Airport as the crow flies is 87 km (54 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
