Summary CFIT Crew 8 Injuries (non-fatal) (Unknown) Date 28 April 1969 Site Chile Survivor 60 (all) | Passengers 52 Fatalities 0 Survivors 60 (all) Number of deaths 0 Operator LATAM Chile | |
Destination Comodoro Arturo Merino BenÃtez International Airport Similar 1969 Newton Cessna 1, Philippine Airlines Flight 158, Nigeria Airways Flight 825, Mexicana Flight 704, 1969 Aswan Ilyushin Il | ||
LAN Chile Flight 160 was a Boeing 727-116 on a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile carrying 8 crew and 52 passengers which crashed during approach to Santiago.
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Details of flight
Flight 160 took off from Ministro Pistarini International Airport at 23:56 GMT (20:56 local time), but when nearing Santiago the Boeing 727 descended below the minimum height of 2829 feet and kept on descending until it struck the ground in farm land north of Colina, Chile.
Survivors
While the aircraft was damaged beyond repair in the crash, none of the 60 passengers and crew were killed or injured.
Cause
The cause of the accident was excessive concentration by the crew on the indications given by the flight director instrument, which was being incorrectly used on a direct instrument landing system (ILS) approach. The crew did not check other instruments, which showed that the aircraft was descending below its glidepath.