ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332537
Date: | Sunday 17 October 1965 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas DC-3 Hiper |
Owner/operator: | Avianca |
Registration: | HK-118 |
MSN: | 6182 |
Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | N of Bucaramanga-Gomez Niño Airport -
Colombia
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
Destination airport: | Bucaramanga-Gomez Niño Airport |
Narrative:An Avianca Douglas DC-3, HK-118, and a Piper PA-18A Super Cub 150, HK-922P, crashed after colliding in mid-air.
The Piper aircraft had just taken off from Bucaramanga-Gomez Niño Airport and the DC-3 was approaching the airport from the north. Both aircraft came down in a wooded area next to the Las Terrazas residential area.
Sources:
El Tiempo - 18 Oct 1965 Vanguardia Liberal 19/10/1965
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