Servicios Aéreos Amazónicos Flight 2079
Yakovlev Yak-40 · Pilot error and bad weather
From Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU) to Saposoa Airport, Saposoa, San Martin,
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
- 6 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 24
- 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
- 23
- 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
- Airline
Yakovlev Yak-40
- Aircraft type
- Yakovlev YAK-40
- Category
- Airplane · 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
- OB-1569
- Operator
- Servicios Aéreos Amazónicos
- Onboard fatalities
- 6
- Route
- From Capitán FAP Carlos Martínez de Pinillos International Airport (TRU)To Saposoa Airport, Saposoa, San Martin,
Cause areas
- Personnel issues › Action/decision
- Environmental issues › Physical environment
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Estimated position: Saposoa, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
On 5 November 1994, a Yakovlev Yak-40 of Servicios Aéreos Amazónicos crashed into a river while attempting to land at Saposoa Airport, San Martín, Peru, killing six of the 31 people on board.
Accident
On a training flight near Saposoa airport, the pilot lost sight of the ground due to the weather conditions. Despite this, the crew decided to continue the approach, where visual contact was later re-established. The student pilot initiated the go-around, but at the same time the instructor pilot took control to reduce engine power, turning to the right and landing the aircraft halfway down the runway. After touchdown braking was initiated, but the aircraft failed to stop in time and crashed into the Saposoa River. The instructor pilot and five passengers died while the other 24 occupants were injured.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
It was concluded that the instructor pilot decided to continue with the landing despite the weather problems and the loss of visual contact with the ground, and also that the airport was wet from the rain and did not allow effective braking, so the aircraft ran off the runway, falling and sinking into the river.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Spanish Wikipedia article “Vuelo 2079 de Servicios Aéreos Amazónicos” (revision 174614896, 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: Vuelo 2079 de Servicios Aéreos Amazónicos
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 174614896 · 2026-07-30 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q140765702
- 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 "Vuelo 2079 de Servicios Aéreos Amazónicos" (page 11562753, revision 174614896), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- flight number in the article title
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (2)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Spanish Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.
- Registration OB-1569: Reviewed correction (2026-09-19): The infobox gives OB-1568; the article's cited Aviation Safety Network record (Yak-40 OB-1569, 5 November 1994) and its aircraft history source give OB-1569.