Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 MAR 1984 |
| Time: | 07:47 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando |
| Operator: | Aerosucre Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-1322P |
| C/n / msn: | 444 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Barranquilla-E Cortissoz Airport (BAQ) (Colombia)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz Airport (BAQ/SKBQ), Colombia |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia |
Control problems forced the crew to return to Barranquilla Airport. The aircraft touched down, rolled 100m and lifted off again. The C-46 reached a height of 20m, entered a stall and crashed onto the runway.
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 1/88 (#25)
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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.
