Date: | Wednesday 14 December 1983 |
Time: | 15:30 |
Type: | Boeing 707-373C |
Owner/operator: | TAMPA Colombia |
Registration: | HK-2401X |
MSN: | 18707/349 |
Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 22 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) -
Colombia
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH/SKMD) |
Destination airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:In the morning of December 14, 1983, the TAMPA Boeing 707 freighter departed Medellin on a cargo flight to Miami (MIA). During departure the no. 4 engine suffered FOD damage. The flight returned to Medellin. It was decided to ferry the aircraft to Miami for repairs. That afternoon the airplane took off again with the no. 4 engine operating at idle power. During takeoff the no. 3 engine failed. The 707 banked steeply, struck powerlines and crashed into some factories.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 2/88 (#19)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Karl Krämer, via Werner Fischdick; Medellín Airport (EOH); February 1982
photo (c) Bob Garrard; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA); December 1980
photo (c) Bob Garrard; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA); December 1983
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