LAC Colombia Flight 028

LAC Colombia Flight 028

The aircraft involved in 1982, while still operating with Aeronaves del Peru.
Accident
Date	February 4, 1996
Summary	Loss of control and stall caused by pilot error
Site	Mariano Roque Alonso, near Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, Luque, Paraguay
Total fatalities	22
Total injuries	2
Total survivors	0
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Douglas DC-8-55CF
Operator	LAC Colombia
IATA flight No.	LC028
ICAO flight No.	LCI028
Call sign	LAC 028
Registration	HK-3979
Flight origin	Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, Luque, Paraguay
Destination	Campinas International Airport
Occupants	4
Passengers	1
Crew	3
Fatalities	4
Survivors	0
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities	18
Ground injuries	2

LAC Colombia Flight 028 was a scheduled cargo flight that took off from Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Luque, Paraguay and was bound for Campinas International Airport in Campinas, Brazil. The plane crash, also known as the LAC Paraguay air disaster, has been considered the worst plane crash in Paraguay.^[1] The crash was caused by the pilot improperly ceding control to the co-pilot shortly after takeoff, then turning off two of the engines to hinder operation of the plane by the co-pilot.

On February 4, 1996, at 14:12 local time, the plane, a 29-year-old Douglas DC-8 of the now-defunct Colombian airline Líneas Aéreas del Caribe (LAC) stalled and crashed in a neighborhood in the district of Mariano Roque Alonso, about ten kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Paraguay's capital Asunción, a few minutes after takeoff. The crash killed 22 people: the 4 crew members, along with 18 people on the ground, mostly children who were playing on a soccer field. There were also several injuries and damage to several houses in the surrounding area.^[1]