Descripción del Accidente ASN 20 APR 1998 Boeing 727-230 HC-BSU - Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG)
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Estado:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Fecha:lunes 20 abril 1998
Hora:16:45
Tipo:Silhouette image of generic B722 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Boeing 727-230
Operator:TAME Ecuador
On behalf of:Air France
Registración: HC-BSU
Numéro de série: 21622/1431
Año de Construcción: 1979-01-03 (19 years 4 months)
Horas Totales de la Célula:34586
Ciclos:26475
Motores: 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 10 / Ocupantes: 10
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 43 / Ocupantes: 43
Total:Fatalidades: 53 / Ocupantes: 53
Daños en la Aeronave: Destruido
Consecuencias: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:10 km (6.3 milles) SW of Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) (   Colombia)
Elevación del lugar del accidente: 3054 m (10020 feet) amsl
Fase: En ruta (ENR)
Naturaleza:Vuelo Internacional Programado
Aeropuerto de Salida:Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO/SEQU), Ecuador
Número de Vuelo:AF422
Descripción:
A Boeing 727 passenger plane, HC-BSU, was destroyed when it flew into the side of a mountain near Bogotá, Colombia. All 53 on board were killed.
The airplane had been wet-leased by Air France from TAME Ecuador, a commercial division of the Ecuadorian Air Force. The flight crew regularly flew the Bogota-Quito-Bogota route as the final leg of Air France's scheduled flight 422 from Paris. Air France operated Airbus A340s on the Paris-Bogota leg, but demand on the Quito leg was too weak for use of such a high-capacity transport.
Flight 422 took off from runway 13 at Bogotá after being cleared for a 'Girardot 1' departure. This departure consist of continuing on runway heading for 2 miles after takeoff, followed by a 90-degree right turn over the 'Romeo' beacon. The flight didn't make the right turn and continued straight ahead.
At 16:47 the aircraft crashed into the side of the 3.100 m (10.170 ft) high Cerro el Cable mountain, 150 feet below the summit. This is 500 m (1640 ft) above airfield elevation).
Rain showers were in the area at the time with a broken ceiling at 2300 feet and towering cumulus clouds. Temperature was 18deg. C and winds were from 270 deg at 5kts.
On August 27, 1973 a Lockheed L-188A Electra (HK-777, Aerovias Condor) had also crashed into the Cerro el Cable after takeoff from Bogotá.

Probable Cause:

La Aeronáutica Civil de la República de Colombia a través de la Junta Investigadora determina que la causa probable del accidente fue la pérdida de conciencia situacional por parte de la tripulación, lo cual condujo a que esta no cumpliera con la salida GIR 1, desviándose del procedimiento al mantener rumbo de pista después del despegue hasta colisionar con el terreno.

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: Aerocivil Colombia
Status: Investigation completed
Accident number: Final report
Download report: Final report

Fuentes:
» Aviation Week & Space Technology 27.04.1998 (45)
» ICAO Adrep Summary 3/98 (#14)


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Fotos

photo of Boeing-727-230-D-ABKS
accident date: 20-04-1998
type: Boeing 727-230
registration: D-ABKS
 

Aircraft history
date registration operator remarks
03 JAN 1979 D-ABKS Lufthansa
09 SEP 1993 HC-BSU TAME Ecuador

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 Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport as the crow flies is 719 km (450 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few 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.
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