Descripción:
A Douglas C-47 passenger plane, operated by the Colombian airline La Urraca, was destroyed when it crashed near Puerto López, Colombia. Of the fourteen occupants, one survived. The survivor, a 22 year old male passenger died of his injuries on February 15.
The airplane had departed Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC) at 06:20, bound for Puerto Inírida (PDA). Some 55 minutes into the flight, the no. 1 engine oversped. The crew reported they were turning back to Villavicencio. The airplane crashed 23 minutes later.
» El Tiempo - 16 Feb 1970
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | jueves 12 febrero 1970 |
| Hora: | 07:38 |
| Tipo: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Operador: | Lineas Aéreas La Urraca |
| Registración: | HK-1270 |
| Numéro de série: | 4544 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1942 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 10 / Ocupantes: 10 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 14 / Ocupantes: 14 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | cerca Puerto López ( Colombia)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC/SKVV), Colombia |
| Inírida-César Gaviria Trujillo Airport (PDA/SKPD), Colombia |
A Douglas C-47 passenger plane, operated by the Colombian airline La Urraca, was destroyed when it crashed near Puerto López, Colombia. Of the fourteen occupants, one survived. The survivor, a 22 year old male passenger died of his injuries on February 15.
The airplane had departed Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC) at 06:20, bound for Puerto Inírida (PDA). Some 55 minutes into the flight, the no. 1 engine oversped. The crew reported they were turning back to Villavicencio. The airplane crashed 23 minutes later.
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» El Tiempo - 13 Feb 1970» El Tiempo - 16 Feb 1970
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Distance from Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport to Inírida-César Gaviria Trujillo Airport as the crow flies is 631 km (394 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport to Inírida-César Gaviria Trujillo Airport as the crow flies is 631 km (394 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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