ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331217
Date: | Thursday 12 February 1970 |
Time: | 07:38 |
Type: | Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Lineas Aéreas La Urraca |
Registration: | HK-1270 |
MSN: | 4544 |
Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Puerto López -
Colombia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC/SKVV) |
Destination airport: | Inírida-César Gaviria Trujillo Airport (PDA/SKPD) |
Narrative:A Douglas C-47 passenger plane, operated by the Colombian airline La Urraca, was destroyed when it crashed near Puerto López, Colombia. Of the fourteen occupants, one survived. The survivor, a 22 year old male passenger died of his injuries on February 15.
The airplane had departed Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC) at 06:20, bound for Puerto Inírida (PDA). Some 55 minutes into the flight, the no. 1 engine oversped. The crew reported they were turning back to Villavicencio. The airplane crashed 23 minutes later.
Sources:
El Tiempo - 13 Feb 1970 El Tiempo - 16 Feb 1970 Location
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