| 1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash | |
| Occurrence Type: | Accident |
| Image Upright: | 1.15 |
| Summary: | Controlled flight into terrain on approach during bad weather |
| Aircraft Type: | Boeing 737-282 |
| Operator: | Occidental Petroleum |
| Tail Number: | FAP-351 |
| Occupants: | 88 |
| Passengers: | 80 |
| Crew: | 8 |
| Fatalities: | 75 |
| Survivors: | 13 |
| Origin: | Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport, Iquitos |
On 5 May 1998 a Boeing 737-282, leased from the Fuerza Aérea del Perú (Peruvian Air Force) and servicing a charter flight for Occidental Petroleum, crashed in rainy weather while on approach to Andoas, a town in Peru close to the border with Ecuador, killing 75 people on board; eleven passengers and two crew members survived.[1]
Occidental Petroleum chartered the aircraft to transport workers to the Andoas oil field.[2] The aircraft was registered as FAP-351 (c/n 23041 / m/n 962) and had only entered service with the Peruvian Air Force a few weeks before the crash.[1]
The aircraft crashed around 21:30 local time while on an NDB approach to Alférez FAP Alfredo Vladimir Sara Bauer Airport at Andoas. The aircraft crashed 3miles short of Andoas.[2] It was scheduled to arrive at Andoas at 21:17 local time.[1]
Medical teams were delayed more than a day in reaching the crash site due to poor weather, with the survivors being carried on stretchers in torrential rain to a medical post in Andoas because the weather prevented their evacuation by helicopter.[3] Later, a Peruvian Air Force Boeing 737 rescue aircraft flew to Andoas, carrying a medical team, crash experts and police investigators.[3]