Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 MAY 1994 |
| Time: | 07:38 |
| Type: | Douglas C-53D-DO (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Transoriente Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-2213 |
| C/n / msn: | 11752 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 26 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 29 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Villavicencio (Colombia) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC/SKVV), Colombia |
| La Primavera Airport (LPE), Colombia |
Both engines failed about 2 minutes after take-off. The aircraft crashed while trying to make a forced landing.
Sources:
» ElTiempo.com - May 28, 1994
» Air International July 1994, p.7
» Scramble 182
Photos
HK-2213 later moved to Transoriente Colombia
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.
