Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 FEB 1978 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Colombiana |
| Registration: | FAC-668 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Serrania los Cobardes (Colombia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cimitarra Airport (CIM/SKCM), Colombia |
| Bucaramanga-Palo Negro Airport (BGA/SKBG), Colombia |
A Douglas DC-3 transport plane operated by the Colombian Air Force was destroyed in an accident at Serrania los Cobardes, killing all five on board.
The airplane had flown to Cimitarra to drop off military personnel for the upcoming elections.
Sources:
» El Tiempo - 23 Feb 1978
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
