ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330111
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Date: | Wednesday 22 August 1973 |
Time: | 11:40 |
Type: | Douglas DC-3A-228F |
Owner/operator: | Avianca |
Registration: | HK-111 |
MSN: | 4105 |
Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 17 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near El Yopal -
Colombia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC/SKVV) |
Destination airport: | El Yopal Airport (EYP/SKYP) |
Narrative:The DC-3 took off from Villavicencio at 11:13 for an estimated 45 min. flight to El Yopal. The aircraft struck a hill at 480 m at around 11:40. Visibility in the area was almost zero in the area, while the aircraft was flying VMC.
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