Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 FEB 1947 |
| Time: | ca 14:00 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Operator: | Avianca |
| Registration: | C-114 |
| C/n / msn: | 10439 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 49 / Occupants: 49 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 53 / Occupants: 53 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 30 km (18.8 mls) NW of Bogotá (Colombia)
 |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz Airport (BAQ/SKBQ), Colombia |
| Bogotá-Techo Airport, Colombia |
Crashed into 10500 feet high Mount Tablazo, 30 km NW of Bogota. The mountain was obscured by fog at the time of the accident.
Events:
Sources:
Photos
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.
languages:
Colombia
Share
Douglas DC-4
Colombia- worst accident (at the time)
- 9th worst accident (currently)