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| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 15 January 1976 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Western Cordilera, near Chipaque, Colombia 4°24′00″N 73°49′32″W / 4.4°N 73.8255°W / 4.4; -73.8255 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-4 |
| Operator | Taxi Aereo el Venado |
| Registration | HK-127 |
| Flight origin | Bogota-Eldorado Airport |
| Destination | La Macarena Airport |
| Occupants | 13 |
| Passengers | 10 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 13 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 15 January 1976, a Taxi Aereo el Venado DC-4 crashed into a mountain 50 km (31 mi; 27 nmi) from Bogota killing all 13 occupants on board the aircraft.
Accident
The aircraft was on a domestic charter flight from Bogota-Eldorado Airport to La Macarena Airport with three crew and ten passengers. The aircraft took-off at 11:37 and the pilot reported his departure and said he would call at the next reporting point over El Boqueron. Nothing else was heard from the aircraft despite attempts by Air Traffic Control to contact them. Three hours later the local authorities in Chipaque reported that an aircraft had hit one of the peaks of the Western Cordilera at a height 3,540 m (11,610 ft), which had been hidden by clouds.
Aircraft
The four-engined Douglas DC-4, former military Douglas C-54E, registered HK-127, was built in the United States by Douglas in Chicago. Construction / number 10280, was delivered to the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) on 26 January 1944 and was sold after the war to Pan Am, later Avianca, until sold in 1972 to Taxi Aereo el Venado.
References
- ^ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ CAP479, p. 2/76
- Air-Britain 1967, p. 32
- CAP 479 - World Airline Accident Summary - Volume 2: 1976 onwards. London: Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom). 1974. ISBN 0-86039-344-5.
- Douglas DC-4. Air-Britain. 1967.
| Aviation accidents and incidents in 1976 (1976) | |
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| Jan 1 Middle East Airlines Flight 438Jan 3 Aeroflot Flight 2003Jan 15 Taxi Aereo el Venado Douglas DC-4 accidentFeb 9 Aeroflot Flight 3739Mar 6 Aeroflot Flight 909Apr 5 Alaska Airlines Flight 60Apr 26 Gubir shootdownApr 27 American Airlines Flight 625May 9 Imperial Iranian Air Force Flight 48May 15 Aeroflot Flight 1802May 23 Philippine Airlines Flight 116Jun 1 Aeroflot Flight 418Jun 4 Air Manila Flight 702Jun 6 Double Six CrashJun 27 Air France Flight 139Jul 28 ČSA Flight 001Aug 15 SAETA Flight 232Aug 23 EgyptAir Flight 321Sep 3 Venezuelan Air Force C-130 crashSep 9 Anapa mid-air collisionSep 10 Zagreb mid-air collisionSep 10 TWA Flight 355Sep 19 Turkish Airlines Flight 452Oct 6 Cubana de Aviación Flight 455Oct 12 Indian Airlines Flight 171Oct 13 LAB Boeing 707 crashNov 23 Olympic Airways Flight 830Nov 28 Aeroflot Flight 2415Dec 17 Aeroflot Flight N-36Dec 25 EgyptAir Flight 864 | |
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