Narrative:
Emergency landing with one prop feathered. Because of another aircraft obstruction the runway, the DC-3 had to overshoot. The aircraft ditched into a lake while repositioning to land in the opposite direction.
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| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 17 June 1981 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-40-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Taxi Aéreo El Venado |
| Registration: | HK-1078 |
| MSN: | 9884 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | off Miraflores Airport (MFS) ( Colombia)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Miraflores Airport (MFS/SKMF), Colombia |
Emergency landing with one prop feathered. Because of another aircraft obstruction the runway, the DC-3 had to overshoot. The aircraft ditched into a lake while repositioning to land in the opposite direction.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Water
Sources:
» WAAS» World Directory of Airliner Crashes
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