Flugunfall 18 DEC 1979 einer Douglas C-54D-10-DC (DC-4) FAC-1106 - Cerro Toledo
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Datum:Dienstag 18 Dezember 1979
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic DC4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-54D-10-DC (DC-4)
Fluggesellschaft:SATENA
Kennzeichen: FAC-1106
Werknummer: 10853
Baujahr: 1945
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 5
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 16 / Insassen: 16
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 21 / Insassen: 21
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:Cerro Toledo (   Kolumbien)
Flugphase: Während des Fluges (ENR)
Betriebsart:Inländischer außerplanmäßiger Passagierflug
Flug von:Arauca-Santiago Pérez Airport (AUC/SKUC), Kolumbien
Flug nach:Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC/SKCC), Kolumbien
Unfallbericht:
A Douglas C-54 of military airline SATENA was destroyed when it impacted a mountainside at an altitude of 3400 m. All twenty-one on board (five crew, 15 passengers and a newborn baby) were killed.
The airplane operated on a flight from Arauca to Cúcuta, Colombia and crashed between Pamplona and Cúcuta.

Informationsquelle:
» El Tiempo 21 December 1979, p5A
» El Tiempo 22 December 1979, p1+12A
» El Tiempo 4 January 1979, p6B


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Distance from Arauca-Santiago Pérez Airport to Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport as the crow flies is 217 km (135 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

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