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Fecha: | martes 18 diciembre 1979 |
Tipo: | Douglas C-54D-10-DC (DC-4) |
Operador: | SATENA |
Registración: | FAC-1106 |
Numéro de série: | 10853 |
Año de Construcción: | 1945 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 16 / Ocupantes: 16 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 21 / Ocupantes: 21 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | Cerro Toledo ( Colombia)
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Elevación del lugar del accidente: | 3400 m (11155 feet) amsl |
Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico No Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Arauca-Santiago Pérez Airport (AUC/SKUC), Colombia |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC/SKCC), Colombia |
Descripción:A Douglas C-54 of military airline SATENA was destroyed when it impacted a mountainside at an altitude of 3400 m. All twenty-one on board (five crew, 15 passengers and a newborn baby) were killed.
The airplane operated on a flight from Arauca to Cúcuta, Colombia and crashed between Pamplona and Cúcuta.
Fuentes:
» El Tiempo 21 December 1979, p5A
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El Tiempo 22 December 1979, p1+12A»
El Tiempo 4 January 1979, p6B
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Map
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 Arauca-Santiago Pérez Airport to Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport as the crow flies is 217 km (135 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.