Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 MAR 1994 |
| Type: | Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10B3 |
| Operator: | SEC Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-3855 |
| C/n / msn: | 265 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) (Colombia)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia |
| San Andrés Island Airport (ADZ/SKSP), Colombia |
One of the main wheel tyres burst on take-off. The take-off was continued and a holding pattern was flown for 2 hours to burn up fuel. The aircraft then landed far down the Bogotá runway and when an overrun seemed unavoidable, the pilot undercarriage was retracted. The Caravelle slid past the runway end, crossing a ditch before coming to rest 100m further on. The aircraft was carrying a cargo of 70 boxes of dynamite.
Events:
Sources:
» Air International July 1994, p.7
» Flight International 18-24.1.95
» Scramble 180(40)
» Scramble 181
Photos
HK-3855 shortly before being ferried to Colombia, here still wearing basic Sterling Airways colours.
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 Bogotá-Eldorado Airport to San Andrés Island Airport as the crow flies is 1202 km (751 miles).
Distance from Bogotá-Eldorado Airport to San Andrés Island Airport as the crow flies is 1202 km (751 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.
