Global Information1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash information
 The aircraft involved in the accident while still in operation with TAP Portugal | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 5 May 1998 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain on approach during bad weather |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-282 |
| Operator | Occidental Petroleum |
| Registration | FAP-351 |
| Flight origin | Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport, Iquitos |
| Destination | Alférez FAP Alfredo Vladimir Sara Bauer Airport, Andoas |
| Occupants | 88 |
| Passengers | 80 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 75 |
| Survivors | 13 |
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]
- ^ a b "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ "13 survivors found from crash". Ellensburg Daily Record. 6 May 1998. Retrieved 27 May 2014.