1980 Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano F-27 crash
Fairchild F-27 · Controlled flight into terrain
From Jorge Wilsterman International Airport (CBB) to Yacuiba Airport (BYC)
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
- 13 · 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
- Airline
Fairchild F-27
- Aircraft type
- Fairchild F-27
- 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
- CP-1117
- Operator
- Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano
- Onboard fatalities
- 13
- Route
- From Jorge Wilsterman International Airport (CBB)To Yacuiba Airport (BYC)
Cause areas
- Personnel issues › Task performance
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Estimated position: Yacuiba, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
On 2 June 1980, a Fairchild F-27 of Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano took off from Cochabamba bound for Yacuiba and crashed into the slope of Mount Tapecua, killing the 13 people on board.
Accident
The aircraft took off from Jorge Wilstermann International Airport bound for the Yacuiba Airpor, on approaching Yacuiba, the aircraft struck the slope of Mount Tapecua, located a few kilometres from Yacuiba airport, killing everyone on board.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The investigation revealed that the cause of the accident was Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Spanish Wikipedia article “Accidente del F-27 de Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano en 1980” (revision 175218565, 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 F-27 de Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano en 1980
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 175218565 · 2026-09-06 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q141197631
- 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 F-27 de Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano en 1980" (page 11585228, revision 175218565), 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
- operator is an airline according to Wikidata
- 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.