Narrative:
A smell of burning in the cabin made the crew perform a precautionary landing at Pivijay. The aircraft landed long on the 850 m runway and started to swerve. During the subsequent overshoot the DC-3 struck a fence and ended up in a depression 200 m past the runway end.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Inadequate flight planning.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 21 July 1972 |
| Time: | 12:25 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-53 (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Acme Leasing / K. Knight |
| Registration: | N39393 |
| MSN: | 4943 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Pivijay ( Colombia)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Panama City-Tocumen International Airport (PTY/MPTO), Panama |
| Aruba-Reina Beatrix Airport (AUA/TNCA), Aruba |
A smell of burning in the cabin made the crew perform a precautionary landing at Pivijay. The aircraft landed long on the 850 m runway and started to swerve. During the subsequent overshoot the DC-3 struck a fence and ended up in a depression 200 m past the runway end.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Inadequate flight planning.
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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 Panama City-Tocumen International Airport to Aruba-Reina Beatrix Airport as the crow flies is 1086 km (679 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Panama City-Tocumen International Airport to Aruba-Reina Beatrix Airport as the crow flies is 1086 km (679 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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