Date: | Tuesday 31 August 1993 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas R4D-5 (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Transoriente Colombia |
Registration: | HK-3220 |
MSN: | 11808 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Barrancominas Airport (NBB) -
Colombia
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | San Felipe-Víctor Lafón Airport (SSD/SCSF) |
Destination airport: | Villavicencio Airport (VVC/SKVV) |
Narrative:A Douglas DC-3 cargo plane, operated by Transoriente Colombia, was transporting a cargo of straw from San Felipe Airport (SSD) to Villavicencio Airport (VVC) when one of the engines failed. The crew decided to divert to Barrancominas Airport (NBB).
The airplane failed to stop on the runway and overran into the Rio Guaviare river. The captain and three passengers were rescued. The co-pilot and the flight engineer went missing in the river.
Sources:
Aviation Letter 94
El Tiempo September 2, 1993 Location
Images:
photo (c) Ron Mak
photo (c) Karl Krämer, via Werner Fischdick; Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC); August 1991
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