| Date: | Thursday 11 March 1965 |
| Time: | 07:10 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Avianca |
| Registration: | HK-153 |
| MSN: | 4711 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 34 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bucaramanga-Gomez Niño Airport -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bucaramanga-Gomez Niño Airport |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
A C-47 passenger plane was damaged beyond repair in a takeoff accident at Bucaramanga-Gomez Niño Airport, Colombia. All 34 occupants survived the accident.
Avianca flight 677 took off at 07:10, bound for Bogotá. It drifted to the right during takeoff and went off the runway. It ran across a ditch and came to rest. A fire broke out.
Sources:
El Tiempo 12-3-1965
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