| Date: | Wednesday 26 August 1981 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  Vickers 745D Viscount |
| Owner/operator: | Aeropesca Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-1320 |
| MSN: | 112 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 50 / Occupants: 50 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 48 km N of Florencia -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Florencia-Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport (FLA/SKFL) |
| Neiva Airport (NVA/SKNV) |
The Viscount crashed into the jungle on a mountain peak called Mt. Santa Elena.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Continuing VFR in meteorological conditions below the minimum laid down in the Manual of Colombian air routes.
Sources:
The Bulletin - Aug 27, 1981
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 February 1976 | HK-1320 | Aeropesca Colombia | 0 | Bogotá/Eldorado (BOG) | |
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Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG); August 1974
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