ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3) HK-1393 Rubio

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Status:
Date:	Tuesday 21 November 1978
Type:	Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3)
Operator:	Taxi Aéreo El Venado
Registration:	HK-1393
MSN:	19053
First flight:	1943
Engines:	2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 25
Total:	Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 28
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	ca 30 km S of Rubio ( Venezuela)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC/SKCC), Colombia
Destination airport:	Arauca-Santiago Pérez Airport (AUC/SKUC), Colombia

Narrative:
Crashed into the Judio mountain at an altitude of 11,200 feet.

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Distance from Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport to Arauca-Santiago Pérez Airport as the crow flies is 217 km (135 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few 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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