ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 194385
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 December 1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Interamericana de Aviación |
| Registration: | HK-1795 |
| MSN: | 31-7652099 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Venado-Isana, Vaupés -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | Bogota-El Dorado, Colombia (BOG/SKBO) |
| Caranacoa/Guainía (SKPD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On December 18, 1985, Piper PA-31-350 HK-1795 disappeared on a flight from Bogotá/Eldorado to Caranacoa/Guainía with pilot, co-pilot and single passenger. Possibly a kidnapping was the cause. Wreckage found March 1986 crashed on take-off from jungle airstrip at Venado-Isana, Vaupés, with nine bodies in a mass grave near airstrip. The nine persons in the grave were the Pilot, co-pilot, passenger and six FARC rebels.
Sources:
1. El Tiempo 26 March 1986, p1+3A/15 April 1986, p3A
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1980/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-bogota/]
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 November 1980 | HK-1795 | Interamericana de Aviación | 0 | Bogotá (BOG) | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Mar-2017 22:39 | TB | Added |
| 25-Mar-2017 19:55 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2017 21:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 16:48 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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