Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 APR 1989 |
| Type: | Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 11R |
| Operator: | Aerosucre Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-3325X |
| C/n / msn: | 215 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Barranquilla (Colombia)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz Airport (BAQ/SKBQ), Colombia |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia |
Unsecured cargo began to slide after takeoff. The shift of the aircraft centre of gravity caused the Caravelle to stall. It descended and crashed into houses.
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Caravelle 5N-AWT was sold to Aerosucre July 1987.
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 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.
