Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 AUG 1981 |
| Time: | ca 15:45 |
| Type: | Vickers 745D Viscount |
| Operator: | Aeropesca Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-1320 |
| C/n / msn: | 112 |
| First flight: | 1956 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 50 / Occupants: 50 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 48 km N of Florencia (Colombia)
 |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Florencia-Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport (FLA/SKFL), Colombia |
| Neiva Airport (NVA/SKNV), Colombia |
The Viscount crashed into the jungle on a mountain peak called Mt. Santa Elena.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Continuing VFR in meteorological conditions below the minimum laid down in the Manual of Colombian air routes.
Events:
Sources:
» The Bulletin - Aug 27, 1981
Photos
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 Florencia-Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport to Neiva Airport as the crow flies is 154 km (96 miles).
Distance from Florencia-Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport to Neiva Airport as the crow flies is 154 km (96 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.
languages:
Colombia
Share
Vickers Viscount
Colombia- 4th worst accident (at the time)
- 12th worst accident (currently)