Narrative:
A wing separated in flight, causing the aircraft to lose control and crash in a swampy and wooded area.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Wing attachment bolts failed in convecting turbulence.
Wing failure
Loss of control
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 10 September 1980 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Aeronorte Colombia - Aerovias del Norte |
| Registration: | HK-329 |
| MSN: | 4404 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Puerto Berrío ( Colombia)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ/SKBQ), Colombia |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia |
A wing separated in flight, causing the aircraft to lose control and crash in a swampy and wooded area.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Wing attachment bolts failed in convecting turbulence.
Classification:
TurbulenceWing failure
Loss of control
Sources:
» El Tiempo 12 September 1980, p2BPhotos
Map
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 Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Bogotá-Eldorado Airport as the crow flies is 688 km (430 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Bogotá-Eldorado Airport as the crow flies is 688 km (430 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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