2008 Conviasa Boeing 737 crash

Aviation accident in Ecuador December 2024 Conviasa ferry flight ConViasa 737-200 YV101T.jpg 1.16 YV101T, the sister ship to the aircraft involved 2008 08 30 y Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error Accident Illiniza Volcano, Ecuador 0 39 34 S 78 42 49 W type:event inline,title Boeing 737-291 Advanced Conviasa YV102T Simón Bolívar International Airport, Maiquetía, Venezuela Cotopaxi International Airport, Latacunga, Ecuador 3 0 3 3 0 A Conviasa Boeing 737-200 (registered as YV102T) ferry flight from Maiquetia, Venezuela to Latacunga, Ecuador crashed into Illiniza Volcano. The aircraft had been stored at Caracas and was being ferried to a new owner. There were three crew on board with no passengers. There were no survivors. Aircraft The aircraft involved was powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A engines and was originally delivered on July 6, 1978 to Frontier Airlines. It was later sold to United Airlines and then to Atlantic Airlines de Honduras before acquired by Conviasa in 2007.November 2025 Investigation and final report The accident was investigated by the Dirección General de Aviación Civil (DGAC) of Ecuador. The investigation spanned 622 days following the incident and the final report was released on May 14, 2010. The findings of the report were as follows (translated from Spanish): "The Accident Investigation Board judges that the probable cause of this accident was non-observance by the flight crew of the technical procedures, configuration, speed and bank angle of the aircraft required to complete the initial turn of Instrument Approach Procedure Number 4 published in the Ecuador Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) for Latacunga airport, a failure that placed the aircraft outside of the protected area (published pattern), bringing it into high elevation mountainous terrain."http://aviation-safety.net/go.php?http://www.dgac.gov.ec/Espa%C3%B1ol/Seguridad%20de%20Vuelos/08%20B737-200.pdf Resumen del informe del accidente del avion Boeing B737, ocurrido el 30 de Agosto de 2008 en las laderas del Volcan Illiniza Sur 2010-09-30 Dirección de Aviación Civil – Alternate, Archive The report also listed the crew's ignorance of the area surrounding the approach path and lack of airline documentation and procedures governing the conduct of flights to non-scheduled and special airports.http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20080830-0 ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-291 YV102T Toacaso 2010-09-30 Aviation Safety Network https://web.archive.org/web/20100923143947/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20080830-0 23 September 2010 live See also Ecuador Venezuela Aviation 2009 Aviastar British Aerospace 146 crash References Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain Category:2008 in Ecuador Category:Accidents and incidents by airline of South America Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 2008 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Ecuador Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737 Original Category:August 2008 in South America Category:2008 disasters in Ecuador