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and slow the airplane rapidly on final approach for landing. Factors that contributed to the accident were an unstabilized visual approach, the presence of a departing DC-9 on the runway, the desire to make a short field landing, and the higher-than-normal flight idle fuel flow settings of both engines. The lack of fire-blocking material in passenger seat cushions contributed to the severity of the injuries."
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At 2:30 p.m. after being cleared for a visual approach to Runway 21R and while just 60–70 feet above the ground, Flight 2268 banked left in a descent and then rolled right. The twin-engine turboprop aircraft struck the ramp area inside and to the left of the runway threshold, flipping over, and
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The aircraft involved in the accident was a CASA-212-CC, it was an earlier military plane which was later converted to a civil version. Registered N160FB, it received its US type certification on May 16, 1980, with serial No. 160. The airplane had a total of 12,917 hours and 24,218 cycles.
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566:"Survivors of crash haunted by memories"
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580:– via Google News Archive Search.
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507:"9 Killed in Crash of Commuter Plane"
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505:Wilkerson, Isabel (March 5, 1987).
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913:Alianza Lima disaster
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