| Date: | Monday 25 October 1976 |
| Time: | 07:20 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (Hyper) |
| Owner/operator: | Taxi Aéreo El Venado |
| Registration: | HK-149 |
| MSN: | 4593 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 36 / Occupants: 36 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 6,5 km from El Yopal Airport (EYP) -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | El Yopal Airport (EYP/SKYP) |
| Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC/SKCC) |
A no. 1 engine failure shortly after takeoff forced the crew to return to El Yopal. The left wing dropped and the aircraft crashed in a nose-down attitude, bursting into flames.
Sources:
The Palm Beach Post - Oct 26, 1976
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