Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 NOV 1980 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-35-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Dirección General de Aduanas |
| Registration: | HK-1221G |
| C/n / msn: | 9703 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Murri (Colombia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Turbo-Gonzalo Mejía Airport (TRB/SKTU), Colombia |
| Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH/SKMD), Colombia |
The DC-3 crashed into a mountain at 9500 feet.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Continued VFR flight in deteriorating weather at very low altitude in a mountainous area. Events:
Sources:
» El Tiempo - 26 Nov 1980
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Turbo-Gonzalo Mejía Airport to Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport as the crow flies is 244 km (152 miles).
Distance from Turbo-Gonzalo Mejía Airport to Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport as the crow flies is 244 km (152 miles).
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.
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Douglas DC-3
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- ca 13.000 built
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