Date:	Thursday 15 January 1976
Time:	07:00
Type:	Douglas C-54A-5-DC (DC-4)
Owner/operator:	Taxi Aéreo El Venado
Registration:	HK-172
MSN:	10280
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	30 km E of Chipaque -   Colombia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO)
Destination airport:	La Macarena Airport (LMC)

Narrative:
Struck a cloud covered mountain peak at 11620 feet (3540 m) and fell 800 m into a canyon.

Aviation News 06.02.1976
El Tiempo - 16 Jan 1976

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22 September 1968	HK-172	Avianca	0	Santiago Airport (SCU)		non
Hijack

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