ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328950
Date: | Monday 9 January 1978 |
Time: | |
Type: | Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III-1 |
Owner/operator: | TAVINA Colombia |
Registration: | HK-1711 |
MSN: | 1002 |
Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta -
Colombia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ/SKBQ) |
Destination airport: | Valledupar Airport (VUP/SKVP) |
Narrative:A Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander passenger plane, operated by TAVINA Colombia, was damaged beyond repair in a forced landing in the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta marsh in Colombia. The 16 passengers and two pilots were not injured.
The airplane departed Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz Airport (BAQ) at 08:20 on a domestic flight to Valledupar Airport (VUP). Some 30 minutes into the flight the starboard engine failed. The airplane could not maintain height and the crew carried out a ditching in a marsh. All occupants were rescued.
The Trislander was salvaged Jan. 24, 1978 , and subsequently used for spares.
Sources:
Aviation News 17.03.1978
El Tiempo - 10 Jan. 1978 Location
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