ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47-DL (Hyper) HK-149 El Yopal Airport (EYP)

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Status:
Date:	Monday 25 October 1976
Time:	07:20
Type:	Douglas C-47-DL (Hyper)
Operator:	Taxi Aéreo El Venado
Registration:	HK-149
MSN:	4593
First flight:	1942
Crew:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:	Fatalities: 32 / Occupants: 32
Total:	Fatalities: 36 / Occupants: 36
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Aircraft fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	6,5 km (4.1 mls) from El Yopal Airport (EYP) ( Colombia)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	El Yopal Airport (EYP/SKYP), Colombia
Destination airport:	Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC/SKCC), Colombia

Narrative:
A no. 1 engine failure shortly after takeoff forced the crew to return to El Yopal. The left wing dropped and the aircraft crashed in a nose-down attitude, bursting into flames.

Classification:

Loss of control

Sources:

» The Palm Beach Post - Oct 26, 1976

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Distance from El Yopal Airport to Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport as the crow flies is 289 km (181 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.

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