| Date: | Monday 9 January 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III-1 |
| Owner/operator: | TAVINA Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-1711 |
| MSN: | 1002 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ/SKBQ) |
| Valledupar Airport (VUP/SKVP) |
A Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander passenger plane, operated by TAVINA Colombia, was damaged beyond repair in a forced landing in the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta marsh in Colombia. The 16 passengers and two pilots were not injured.
The airplane departed Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz Airport (BAQ) at 08:20 on a domestic flight to Valledupar Airport (VUP). Some 30 minutes into the flight the starboard engine failed. The airplane could not maintain height and the crew carried out a ditching in a marsh. All occupants were rescued.
The Trislander was salvaged Jan. 24, 1978 , and subsequently used for spares.
Sources:
Aviation News 17.03.1978
El Tiempo - 10 Jan. 1978
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