Date: | Wednesday 15 May 1991 |
Time: | 09:20 |
Type: | Douglas C-47B (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | ADES Colombia - Aerolineas del Este |
Registration: | HK-3177 |
MSN: | 26775/15330 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 14 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | ca 1 km N of Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC) -
Colombia
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC/SKVV) |
Destination airport: | Miraflores Airport (MFS/SKMF) |
Narrative:The Douglas C-47B of ADES Colombia operated on a cargo flight from La Macarena to Villavicencio and Miraflores, Colombia.
The aircraft took off from Villavicencio at 09:09 hours local time, carrying 3000 kg of food and 11 additional passengers.
After 8 and a half minutes of flight, the flight crew reported to the control tower that engine no. 2 had failed. A turn back to Villavicencio was made. Height was lost and the airplane could not reach the runway. It crashed in a pasture.
Sources:
Flight International
Scramble Vol.13, nr.03
El Tiempo, 16-5-1991 Location
Images:
photo (c) Karl Krämer, via Werner Fischdick; Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC); January 1987
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