Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 AUG 1976 |
| Type: | Boeing 720-047B |
| Operator: | Avianca |
| Registration: | HK-723 |
| C/n / msn: | 18061/197 |
| First flight: | 1961 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 127 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mexico City-Juarez International Airport (MEX) (Mexico)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia |
| Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX), Mexico |
The aircraft lifted off again when passing through a rain squall on landing, stalled and dropped onto the nosegear.
Sources:
» El Tiempo 18 Aug. 1976
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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 Bogotá-Eldorado Airport to Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport as the crow flies is 3143 km (1964 miles).
Distance from Bogotá-Eldorado Airport to Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport as the crow flies is 3143 km (1964 miles).
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.
