ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328811
| Date: | Monday 14 August 1978 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Aeropesca Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-1350 |
| MSN: | 22557 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tota Boyaca -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
| Tame Airport (TME/SKTM) |
The aircraft, on a VFR flight, collided with a mountain (Mount Paramo de Laura) at 3543 m in worsening weather conditions.
The wind had blown the aircraft off course, which went unnoticed because of deficiencies in the navigation equipment (a.o. two VOR receivers were missing and an unserviceable ADF).
The cargo aircraft was just allowed to carry 6 passengers, not 15.
Sources:
El Tiempo - 15 Aug 1978
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