2012 Amazon Sky An-26 crash

On 17 December 2012, An Amazon Sky Antonov AN-26, registration OB-1887-P performing a freight flight from Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima to Aeròdromo Las Malvinas in the Cuzco Province, Peru with 4 crew.

2012 Amazon Sky An-26 crash
The Amazon Sky Antonov An-26 involved in the accident
Accident
Date17 December 2012 (2012-12-17)
SummaryCrashed due to icing and Pilot error
SiteYauyos Province, Peru
Aircraft
Aircraft typeAntonov An-26
OperatorAmazon Sky
RegistrationOB-1887-P
Flight originJorge Chávez International Airport, Lima, Peru
DestinationAeródromo Las Malvinas, Cuzco Province, Peru
Crew4
Fatalities4
Survivors0

Aircraft & Crew

The aircraft was a twin-turboprop Antonov An-26 built in 1978, it was delivered to Amazon Sky around December 2006 when was registered UR-VIG and re-registered OB-1887-P in April 2008.[1]

The crew consisted in a Captain with 13,145 hours total, of which 12,308 hours on Antonov An-26's;

A First Officer with 1,373 hours total, of which 1,193 hours on Antonov An-26's;

A Flight Engineer with 2,185 hours total, of which 2,130 hours on Antonov An-26's;

And a Navigator with 657 hours total, of which 602 hours on Antonov An-26's.

Accident

The aircraft had been flying from Peru's capital of Lima to an airfield of the Argentinian company Pluspetrol in the Cusco Region and was carrying a crew of 4 people. The accident occurred at about 15:42 local time as the aircraft firstly touched a mountain peak, then crashed in steep terrain. The site of the accident was only found the day after the crash.[2]

The investigation commission found that failure of both engines due to ice had caused the crash. The crew had failed to properly use the anti-icing.[3]

References
  1. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-26-100 OB-1887-P Tomas District, Yauyos province". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  2. Premack, Rachel. "'Lack of understanding of how unsafe he was': A pilot in Amazon Air's crashed cargo plane raised safety concerns at previous employers and repeatedly failed key exams". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  3. "accident report CIAA August 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

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