Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 SEP 1980 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47-DL |
| Operator: | Aeronorte Colombia - Aerovias del Norte |
| Registration: | HK-329 |
| C/n / msn: | 4404 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Puerto Olaya (Colombia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz Airport (BAQ/SKBQ), Colombia |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia |
A wing separated in flight, causing the aircraft to lose control and crash in a swampy and wooded area.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Wing attachment bolts failed in convecting turbulence.
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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 Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz Airport to Bogotá-Eldorado Airport as the crow flies is 688 km (430 miles).
Distance from Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz Airport to Bogotá-Eldorado Airport as the crow flies is 688 km (430 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.
