Estado: | |
Fecha: | miércoles 24 julio 1985 |
Tipo: | Douglas DC-6B |
Operador: | Fuerza Aérea Colombiana |
Registración: | FAC-902 |
Numéro de série: | 45067/709 |
Año de Construcción: | 1956 |
Motores: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 76 / Ocupantes: 76 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 80 / Ocupantes: 80 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | 32 km (20 milles) N of Leticia ( Colombia)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Leticia-Alfredo Vásquez Cobo Airport (LET/SKLT), Colombia |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia |
Descripción:Because of a strike among Avianca pilots, Air Force transport planes were used on domestic services. The aircraft was flying in bad weather (rainstorm) when a no. 3 engine fire caused the plane to crash into the jungle.
Fuentes:
» The Times 26.07.1985
Fotos
accident date:
24-07-1985type: Douglas DC-6B
registration: N14436
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 Leticia-Alfredo Vásquez Cobo Airport to Bogotá-Eldorado Airport as the crow flies is 1089 km (681 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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.