Descripción del Accidente ASN 08 DEC 1978 Douglas DC-6A/B HK-1707 - Sierra Cucuy
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Estado:
Fecha:viernes 8 diciembre 1978
Hora:18:25
Tipo:Silhouette image of generic DC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas DC-6A/B
Operador:Líneas Aéreas del Caribe - LAC Colombia
Registración: HK-1707
Numéro de série: 44687/535
Año de Construcción: 1954
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0
Total:Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3
Daños en la Aeronave: Desaparecido
Consecuencias: Presumed damaged beyond repair
Ubicación:Sierra Cucuy (   Colombia)
Fase: En ruta (ENR)
Naturaleza:Carga
Aeropuerto de Salida:Port of Spain-Piarco Airport (POS/TTPP), Trinidad y Tobago
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia
Descripción:
The DC-6 cargo plane went missing during a flight from Puerto España, Trinidad & Tobago to Bogotá.
Last radio contact was at 18:23, seventeen minutes before the estimated arrival time.

Fuentes:
» El Tiempo 9 December 1978, p11D
» El Tiempo 10 December 1978, p6B
» El Tiempo 12 December 1978, p1+1C


Fotos

photo of Douglas-DC-6A-B-N90687
accident date: 08-12-1978
type: Douglas DC-6A/B
registration: N90687
 

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 Port of Spain-Piarco Airport to Bogotá-Eldorado Airport as the crow flies is 1547 km (967 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.
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