TANS Perú Flight 204
OB-1809-P, the aircraft involved, photographed 3 weeks before the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 23 August 2005 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error in bad weather |
| Site | Pucallpa, Peru 8°25′0″S 74°35′45″W / 8.41667°S 74.59583°W: 6 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-244 Advanced |
| Operator | TANS Perú |
| IATA flight No. | TJ204 |
| ICAO flight No. | ELV204 |
| Call sign | Aereos Selva 204 |
| Registration | OB-1809-P |
| Flight origin | Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima, Peru |
| Stopover | Captain Rolden International Airport Pucallpa, Peru |
| Destination | Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport Iquitos, Peru |
| Occupants | 98 |
| Passengers | 91 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 40 |
| Injuries | 58 |
| Survivors | 58 |
TANS Perú Flight 204 was a domestic scheduled Lima–Pucallpa–Iquitos passenger service, operated with a Boeing 737-200 Advanced, that crashed on 23 August 2005 on approach to Pucallpa Airport, 4 miles (6.4 km) off the airfield, following an emergency landing attempt because of bad weather, killing 40 of the 98 passengers and crew aboard.