| Date: | Monday 22 March 1965 |
| Time: | 14:55 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Avianca |
| Registration: | HK-109 |
| MSN: | 4753 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 32455 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 29 / Occupants: 29 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pan de Azucar Peak -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
| Bucaramanga-Gomez Niño Airport | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Avianca Flight 676 departed Bogotá at 13:58 and climbed to 9000 feet. Last radio contact was at 14:50 when the crew reported over Cimitarra at 9000 feet in VMC. The aircraft was found to have crashed on the Pan de Azucar Peak, at an elevation of 7200 feet (2195 m).
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot-in-command continued to fly VFR in unfavourable meteorological conditions which necessitated operation by instrument flight rules."
Sources:
ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 (49-52)
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