Status: | |
Date: | Saturday 25 July 1981 |
Type: | Douglas DC-3A |
Operator: | Transamazonica Colombia |
Registration: | HK-772 |
MSN: | 11743 |
First flight: | 1943 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | 0,5 km (0.3 mls) from Carurú Airport (CUO) ( Colombia)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Carurú Airport (CUO/SKCR), Colombia |
Narrative:When overflying Carurú Airport's runway 29 to inspect the surface condition, the no. 2 engine started vibrating. The crew shut the engine down, feathered the prop and started a right turn to runway 11. Airspeed dropped, and the aircraft crashed 500 m short of this runway.
Sources:
» El Tiempo 28 July 1981, p8A
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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.