2026 Peruvian Air Force Mil Mi-17 crash
Mil Mi-17 · Under investigation, probably bad weather
From Pisco, Peru. to Arequipa, Peru.
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 15 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 0
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Military
Mil Mi-17
- Aircraft type
- Mil MI-17
- Category
- Helicopter · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- FAP-614
- Operator
- Peruvian Air Force
- Onboard fatalities
- 15
- Route
- From Pisco, Peru.To Arequipa, Peru.
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
The 2026 Peruvian Air Force Mil Mi-17 crash was an aviation accident that occurred on 22 February at Chala Viejo, Caravelí province, Arequipa department. The aircraft, a Mil Mi-17 helicopter with registration FAP 614, was carrying out a logistical support and rescue mission following the rainfall recorded in the region. The event resulted in the total loss of the unit and the deaths of its 15 occupants.
Accident
On 22 February 2026, the aircraft departed from Pisco bound for Vítor Air Base in Arequipa. The flight plan called for landing at 16:20. At 16:30, after issuing a position report over the Chala district, the helicopter disappeared from radar coverage.
The search operations, made up of units of the FAP and the National Police of Peru, were temporarily suspended due to adverse weather conditions. The wreckage was located on 23 February at 06:30 in the Chala Viejo area. Audiovisual recordings from surrounding areas and local testimonies indicated the presence of low cloud and reduced visibility at the time of the event.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Spanish Wikipedia article “Accidente del Mil Mi-17 de la Fuerza Aérea del Perú de 2026” (revision 172951287, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Spanish Wikipedia article: Accidente del Mil Mi-17 de la Fuerza Aérea del Perú de 2026
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 172951287 · 2026-04-12 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q138464919
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- es Wikipedia article "Accidente del Mil Mi-17 de la Fuerza Aérea del Perú de 2026" (page 11441679, revision 172951287), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator named as an armed force or military unit in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Spanish Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.