Status:	Final
Date:	08 NOV 1965
Time:	12:25
Type:	Douglas C-47-DL
Operator:	Taxi Aéreo Opita - TAO
Registration:	HK-1202
C/n / msn:	4402
First flight:	1942
Engines:	2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:	Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 31
Total:	Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 36
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Canón del Paraiso (Colombia)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Neiva Airport (NVA/SKNV), Colombia
Destination airport:	San Vicente del Caguan-Eduardo Falla Solano Airport (SVI/SKSV), Colombia

Narrative:
The DC-3 took off from Neiva at 12:07, with an estimated time of arrival at San Vicente del Caguán (SVI) of 12:45. The aircraft impacted against trees on a mountain near Cerro del Diablo and crashed.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The primary cause of the accident was a pilot error in that the pilot-incommand of the aircraft continued to fly VFR in adverse weather conditions on a route which was not authorized for a VFR flight by the Colombian Airways Manual. A contributing cause was: an error by other personnel in that the dispatcher improperly prepared the passenger and cargo manifests and the load and trim sheet and overloaded the aircraft by approximately 1456.5 kg."

Events:

Sources:
» ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 Volume III (83-87)