Status:	Final
Date:	17 MAR 1988
Time:	13:17
Type:	Boeing 727-21
Operator:	Avianca
Registration:	HK-1716
C/n / msn:	18999/240
First flight:	1966-03-08 (22 years )
Total airframe hrs:	43848
Engines:	3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7
Crew:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:	Fatalities: 136 / Occupants: 136
Total:	Fatalities: 143 / Occupants: 143
Airplane damage:	Destroyed
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	25 km (15.6 mls) NW of Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC) (Colombia)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC/SKCC), Colombia
Destination airport:	Cartagena-Rafael Núñez Airport (CTG/SKCG), Colombia
Flightnumber:	410

Narrative:
Struck El Espartillo Mountainat 6343 feet (1933 m) after takeoff from runway 33.

PROBABLE CAUSES: "1. Active: A. Personnel factors - Pilot-in-command - Procedures, Regulations and instructions
a) Diverted attention from operation of aircraft and failed to exercise adequate and constant supervision over the performance of his co-pilot;
b) Tolerated inappropriate interference with cockpit discipline by authorized persons with access to the flight deck;
c) Continued VFR flight into IMC.
B. Personnel factor - Non-crew pilot in cockpit - Procedures, regulations and instructions
Interfered constantly with the normal operation of the aircraft, distracting the crew from the efficient execution of their duties.
2. Passive
A. Personnel factor- Crew- Procedures, regulations and instructions: lack of teamwork on the part of the crew, reflected in the failure to coordinate the instructions needed to take off and climb out in VMC using a profile established in accordance with the specific conditions.
B. Other factors - Meeting the schedule: The delays resulting from the change of aircraft for mechanical reasons contributed to the decision by the pilot-in-command to give inappropriate support to company priorities and request to depart, rather than waiting as recommended by the Control Tower, in order to avoid adding to the delays already experienced."

Events:

Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 2/88 (#5)
» ICAO Circular 2660-AN/154 (12-26)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com