| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | March 28, 1998 |
| Time: | 0935 |
| Location: | Piura, Peru |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea del Peru |
| Flight #: | 388 |
| Route: | Tumbes - Piura |
| AC Type: | Antonov AN-32 |
| Registration: | OB-1388 |
| cn / ln: | 1203 |
| Aboard: | 55 (passengers:50 crew:5) |
| Fatalities: | 22 (passengers:22 crew:0) |
| Ground: | 1 |
| Summary: | A Peruvian air force plane carrying villagers stranded by flooding crashed while attempting to land at Piura Airport. The pilot tried to glide the plane after losing an engine but crashed near a shantytown 2 kilometers from the airport. The plane began losing altitude after an engine failed and crashed into a drainage canal and broke in two. Engine failure. |
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