Narrative:
The aircraft took off from La Uribe at 19:00, but failed to arrive at its destination. The wreckage was located 35 days later on the Saliente del Rio Guape Mountain in the Cordillera Oriental at an elevation of 7200 feet.
» El Tiempo 17 May 1977, p1+8A
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 10 April 1977 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3A-438 |
| Operator: | Taxi Aéreo El Venado |
| Registration: | HK-556 |
| MSN: | 4958 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 31 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 35 / Occupants: 35 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Saliente del Rio Guape, Cordillera Oriental ( Colombia)
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| Crash site elevation: | 2195 m (7201 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Uribe Airport (URI/SKUB), Colombia |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia |
The aircraft took off from La Uribe at 19:00, but failed to arrive at its destination. The wreckage was located 35 days later on the Saliente del Rio Guape Mountain in the Cordillera Oriental at an elevation of 7200 feet.
Sources:
» Flight International 23 April 1977 (1092)» El Tiempo 17 May 1977, p1+8A
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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 Uribe Airport to Bogotá-Eldorado Airport as the crow flies is 164 km (102 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Uribe Airport to Bogotá-Eldorado Airport as the crow flies is 164 km (102 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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