| Date: | Wednesday 4 August 1982 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-21 |
| Owner/operator: | Aerotal Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-2559 |
| MSN: | 18994/219 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 50 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Santa Marta-Simon Bolivar Airport (SMR) -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Santa Marta-Simón Bolívar Airport (SMR/SKSM) |
The Boeing undershot the runway, causing it to bounce and landed heavily on the runway. The left main gear subsequently collapsed, and the Boeing ran off the side of the runway.
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Images:
photo (c) Karl Krämer, via Werner Fischdick; Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH); February 1982
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