Status: | |
Datum: | zaterdag 17 november 1956 |
Tijd: | ca 16:45 |
Type: |  Douglas C-49G-DO (DC-3) |
Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Aerolineas del Pacifico - ARPA |
Registratie: | HK-385 |
Constructienummer: | 1971 |
Bouwjaar: | 1937 |
Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 3 / inzittenden: 3 |
Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 33 / inzittenden: 33 |
Totaal: | slachtoffers: 36 / inzittenden: 36 |
Schade: | Vernield |
Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Plaats: | Cerro El Rucio ( Colombia)
|
Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
Soort vlucht: | Binnenlandse lijnvlucht |
Vliegveld van vertrek: | Buenaventura-Gerardo Tobar López Airport (BUN/SKBU), Colombia |
Vliegveld van aankomst: | Cali Airport (CLO/SKCL), Colombia |
Beschrijving:The DC-3 was operating on a Cali-Buenaventura and return trip. Before heading back to Cali the captain asked the co-pilot for his medical certificate. The co-pilot's certificate was still at the CAA for revalidation. Because of this, the captain decided that the co-pilot should not fly on the leg to Cali. The flight engineer acted as a co-pilot on this flight. Takeoff was at 16:30. Around 16:45 the aircraft crashed into a mountain at 6200 feet, the top of which being covered by stratocumulus clouds.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Flight on instruments at an excessively low altitude for the route."
Bronnen:
» ICAO Accident Digest No.8, Circular 54-AN/49 (156-159)
Foto's
Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft
niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Buenaventura-Gerardo Tobar López Airport en Cali Airport bedraagt 74 km (46 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of 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.