Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Chimore Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Chimore
Friday, January 14, 2000 12:16 AST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On January 14, 2000, at 1216 local time (1612 universal coordinated time, UTC) TAM-60, a C-130B, operated by the Bolivian Air Force crashed during takeoff at Chimore Airport, Santa Cruz region, Bolivia. There were 31 persons on board the airplane, comprised of 7 crewmembers and 24 passengers. Five persons, all passengers, were fatally injured. Day, visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the crash. The airplane was on an IFR flight plan from Chimore Airport to Trinidad Airport, Bolivia, under the authority of the Bolivian Air Force and the Civil Aviation Authority, Bolivia.
During the attempted takeoff, the airplane departed the left side of runway 35, about 600 meters from the approach end of the runway. The total runway length was 1450 meters and width was 20 meters. Following runway departure, the airplane impacted the far side of an approximately 12 foot-wide ditch that paralleled the left side of the runway. The airplane was destroyed in the impact, and came to rest in a forested area off the left side of the runway. There was no fire and injured personnel, with assistance from airport personnel, egressed the wreckage.
Follow-on examinations are being prepared for engine and propeller assemblies at National Air Motive, Oakland, California, and for the nose gear assembly at a facility to be determined. Oversight will be provided by the Investigator-in-Charge, Bolivia, and the National Transportation Safety Board.
The aircrew were trained and certified under the authority of the Bolivian Air Force. The investigation is being conducted under the authority of the Bolivian Air Force. For further information contact the Investigator-in-Charge:
Lieutenant Colonel Tomas Cabrera Velasco Jefe de la Unidad de Recursos Humanos. Ministerio de Defensa La Paz, Bolivia tel. 431135
U.S. Accredited Representative:
Thomas R. Conroy, National Transportation Safety Board, AS-20 Washington, D.C. 20594 tel. 1 (202) 314-6314 / fax -6329
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 1/14/2000 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1216 |
| Event Time Zone | Atlantic Standard Time |
| Event City | CHIMORE |
| Event State | -- |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | |
| Event Date Year | 2000 |
| Event Date Month | 1 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | CHIMORE AIRPORT |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Unknown |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1200 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | SLC |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Not Reported |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 3000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 1000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 34 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -18 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 340 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 5 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 26 |
| Injury Total All | 31 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 0 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jan 14 2000 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1400 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 18 2001 10:22AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
|
| Aircraft Registration Number | -- |
| NTSB Number | IAD00RA018 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Non-U.S., Non-Commercial |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Unknown |
| Aircraft Explosion | Unknown |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Lockheed |
| Aircraft Model | C-130B |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | C-130B |
| Aircraft Serial Number | |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | Unknown |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | |
| Aircraft Owner City | |
| Aircraft Owner State | |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE |
| Operator City | LA PAZ, BOLIVIA |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Unknown |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Unknown |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Unknown |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Unknown |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | SLCH |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | SLTR |
| Destination City | TRINIDAD, BOLIV |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 22 2001 3:26PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |