ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-54A-5-DC (DC-4) HK-172 Chipaque

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Status:
Date:	Thursday 15 January 1976
Time:	07:00
Type:	Douglas C-54A-5-DC (DC-4)
Operator:	Taxi Aéreo El Venado
Registration:	HK-172
MSN:	10280
First flight:	1944
Crew:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Total:	Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	30 km (18.8 mls) E of Chipaque ( Colombia)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia
Destination airport:	La Macarena Airport (LMC), Colombia

Narrative:
Struck a cloud covered mountain peak at 11620 feet (3540 m) and fell 800 m into a canyon.

Classification:

Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:

» Aviation News 06.02.1976
» El Tiempo - 16 Jan 1976

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Distance from Bogotá-Eldorado Airport to La Macarena Airport as the crow flies is 282 km (176 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of 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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