ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-3 Hiper HK-118 Bucaramanga-Gomez Niño Airport

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Status:
Date:	Sunday 17 October 1965
Type:	Douglas DC-3 Hiper
Operator:	Avianca
Registration:	HK-118
MSN:	6182
First flight:	1942
Crew:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Total:	Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15
Collision casualties:	Fatalities: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Aircraft fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	N of Bucaramanga-Gomez Niño Airport ( Colombia)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia
Destination airport:	Bucaramanga-Gomez Niño Airport, Colombia
Flightnumber:	AV508

Narrative:
An Avianca Douglas DC-3, HK-118, and a Piper PA-18A Super Cub 150, HK-922P, crashed after colliding in mid-air.
The Piper aircraft had just taken off from Bucaramanga-Gomez Niño Airport and the DC-3 was approaching the airport from the north. Both aircraft came down in a wooded area next to the Las Terrazas residential area.

Classification:

Mid air collision
Loss of control

Sources:

» El Tiempo - 18 Oct 1965
» Vanguardia Liberal 19/10/1965

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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 Bogotá-Eldorado Airport to Bucaramanga-Gomez Niño Airport as the crow flies is 288 km (180 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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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