Détails:
The aircraft arrived at Crespo Airport (CTG) at 19:57 after a flight from Bogotá (BOG). At 20:50 the aircraft was cleared for a runway 36 takeoff for the return flight to Bogotá. The DC-4 climbed to 70 feet over the end of the runway and started to descend again until it struck the sea 1310 m from the runway end, and 152 m left of the extended centerline. The water at the accident site was 4 m deep.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was attributed to a maintenance error resulting from inadequate inspection periodic, daily, nightly and transit servicing and consisting in failure to notice the absence of a pin looseness and/or absence of a nut which joins the torsion links of the left landing gear. A possible contributing factor in the accident was pilot error, consisting in involuntary negligence in observing or wrongly interpreting the aircraft instruments during takeoff, at the time of changing over from VFR to IFR flight and/or loss of control of the aircraft by the pilot-in-command when checking the cause of a failure in the landing gear well and no.2 engine.".
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | vendredi 14 janvier 1966 |
| Heure: | 20:55 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas C-54B-1-DO (DC-4) |
| Compagnie: | Avianca |
| Immatriculation: | HK-730 |
| Numéro de série: | 18325 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1944 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 4 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 52 / à bord: 60 |
| Total: | victimes: 56 / à bord: 64 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 1,3 km (0.8 milles) de Cartagena-Crespo Airport (CTG) ( Colombie)
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| Phase de vol: | En montée initiale (ICL) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Cartagena-Crespo Airport (CTG/SKCG), Colombie |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombie | |
| Numéro de vol: | AV03 |
The aircraft arrived at Crespo Airport (CTG) at 19:57 after a flight from Bogotá (BOG). At 20:50 the aircraft was cleared for a runway 36 takeoff for the return flight to Bogotá. The DC-4 climbed to 70 feet over the end of the runway and started to descend again until it struck the sea 1310 m from the runway end, and 152 m left of the extended centerline. The water at the accident site was 4 m deep.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was attributed to a maintenance error resulting from inadequate inspection periodic, daily, nightly and transit servicing and consisting in failure to notice the absence of a pin looseness and/or absence of a nut which joins the torsion links of the left landing gear. A possible contributing factor in the accident was pilot error, consisting in involuntary negligence in observing or wrongly interpreting the aircraft instruments during takeoff, at the time of changing over from VFR to IFR flight and/or loss of control of the aircraft by the pilot-in-command when checking the cause of a failure in the landing gear well and no.2 engine.".
Sources:
» El Tiempo - 15 Jan. 1966Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Cartagena-Crespo Airport et Bogotá-Eldorado Airport est de 652 km (408 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
La distance entre Cartagena-Crespo Airport et Bogotá-Eldorado Airport est de 652 km (408 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
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