Last updated: 27 September 2021
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Saturday 28 May 1994 |
| Time: | 09:31 |
| Type: |  Fokker 50 |
| Operator: | Avianca |
| Registration: | PH-AVH |
| MSN: | 20281 |
| First flight: | 1993-04-13 (1 year 2 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 44 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 48 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC) ( Colombia)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bucaramanga-Palo Negro Airport (BGA/SKBG), Colombia |
| Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC/SKCC), Colombia | |
| Flightnumber: | AV438 |
An Avianca Fokker 50 sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Cúcuta, Colombia. The airplane touching down about halfway along runway 02 following a visual approach. The aircraft subsequently overran and crossed a drainage ditch. The nose undercarriage was torn off.
The airplane was dismantled on site and transported to Woensdrecht, the Netherlands on September 1994 for repairs.
Classification:
Late landingRunway excursion
Photos
accident date: 28-05-1994
type: Fokker 50
registration: PH-AVH
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Bucaramanga-Palo Negro Airport to Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport as the crow flies is 115 km (72 miles).
Distance from Bucaramanga-Palo Negro Airport to Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport as the crow flies is 115 km (72 miles).
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.
