ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328554
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Date: | Friday 20 July 1979 |
Time: | |
Type: | Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-R |
Owner/operator: | Aerotal Colombia |
Registration: | HK-1778 |
MSN: | 140 |
Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Avon 533R |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 57 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) -
Colombia
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
Destination airport: | Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC/SKCC) |
Narrative:A bang in the rear of the aircraft was followed by warning lights indicting problems with the left main landing gear. The hydraulic system failed and the aircraft depressurized. The crew elected to return to Bogotá. Two touch-and-goes were carried out, but the left main gear remained retracted. The aircraft finally touched down on runway 12, veered to the left and came to rest across a canal.
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photo (c) Pepe; Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO); July 1979
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