Narrative:
The DC-3 passenger plane impacted the side of a mountain, some twelve minutes after takeoff from Villavicencio, Colombia. The wreckage was located on March 12, 1947.
» El Tiempo 13-3-1947
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 8 March 1947 |
| Time: | 14:59 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Vías Aéreas de Colombia - VIARCO |
| Registration: | C-400 |
| MSN: | 4792 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 25 km NW of Villavicencio ( Colombia)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC/SKVV), Colombia |
| Bogotá-Techo Airport, Colombia |
The DC-3 passenger plane impacted the side of a mountain, some twelve minutes after takeoff from Villavicencio, Colombia. The wreckage was located on March 12, 1947.
Classification:
Sources:
» Civil Aircraft Registers of Colombia / Air Britain Historians, 1983» El Tiempo 13-3-1947
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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 Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport to Bogotá-Techo Airport as the crow flies is 78 km (49 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport to Bogotá-Techo Airport as the crow flies is 78 km (49 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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