1987 Alianza Lima plane crash
The 1987 Alianza Lima air disaster occurred on 8 December 1987, when a Peruvian Navy Fokker F27-400M chartered by Peruvian football club Alianza Lima crashed into the Pacific Ocean seven miles from Jorge Chávez International Airport near the city of Callao. Of the 44 people on board, only the pilot survived.
A Fokker F27-400M, the aircraft type involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8 December 1987 |
| Summary | Pilot error |
| Site | Ventanilla District, Peru 11.967°S 77.160°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Fokker F27 |
| Operator | Servicio Aeronaval de la Marina del Peru (charter) |
| Registration | AE-560 |
| Flight origin | FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport |
| Destination | Jorge Chávez International Airport |
| Occupants | 44 |
| Passengers | 38 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 43 |
| Survivors | 1 (initially 2) |
The Peruvian Naval Aviation Commission investigated the accident and created a report but never officially disclosed its content. Eventually, the Navy's accident report was discovered and details of it were released. In the report, investigators cited pilot error as the primary cause of the accident.
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