Date: | Wednesday 14 December 1977 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers 837 Viscount |
Owner/operator: | TAC Colombia |
Registration: | HK-1267 |
MSN: | 441 |
Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bucaramanga-Palo Negro Airport (BGA) -
Colombia
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Barrancabermeja-Yariguíes Airport (EJA/SKEJ) |
Destination airport: | Bucaramanga-Palo Negro Airport (BGA/SKBG) |
Narrative:The Vickers Viscount passenger plane was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at Bucaramanga (BGA), Colombia. The aircraft landed heavily and bounced. It then touched down again on the last third of the runway. The pilot carried out a violent ground loop. The nose and left hand main landing gear legs collapsed and the aircraft slewed to a halt with damage to the port wing and also to the No.1 and No.2 propellers and engines . There were no injuries amongst the crew and passengers.
Sources:
Vickers Viscount Network (vickersviscount.net) El Tiempo 15 December 1977, pUltimaD
Location
Images:
photo (c) Laurent; Bucaramanga-Palo Negro Airport (BGA/SKBG); 27 July 2013
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH); 04 August 1971
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