| Date of Accident: | 06 June 1992 |  |
| Airline: | COPA |  |
| Aircraft: | Boeing 737-204 | |
| Location: | Tucuti, Panama | |
| Registration: | HP-1205 | |
| Previous Registrations: | N8985V, G-BGYL | |
| Flight Number: | 201 | |
| Fatalities: | 47:47 | |
| MSN: | 22059 | |
| Line Number: | 743 | |
| Engine Manufacturer: | Pratt & Whitney | |
| Engine Model: | JT8D-15 | |
| Year of Delivery: | 1980 | |
| Accident Description: | The aircraft crashed after malfunction in the artificial horizons. A wire from the gyroscopes to the instruments themselves had frayed, creating a short, and erroneous attitude indications. Flying VFR at night over woodland, the crew was unable to determine that aircraft's attitude, and the wings rolled past 90° bank. The plane then entered a steep dive and broke up at approximately 13,000 feet. |
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