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1988 passenger plane crash in Cúcuta, Colombia

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Avianca Flight 410
Accident
HK-1717, sister ship to the aircraft involved in the accident.
Date	March 17, 1988
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error, lack of crew resource management
Site	Cúcuta, Colombia 8°05′01″N 72°41′33″W / 8.0837°N 72.6925°W / 8.0837; -72.6925
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 727-21
Aircraft name	Antonio Villavicencio
Operator	Avianca
IATA flight No.	AV410
ICAO flight No.	AVA410
Call sign	AVIANCA 410
Registration	HK-1716
Flight origin	Camilo Daza Int'l Airport
Destination	Rafael Núñez Int'l Airport
Passengers	136
Crew	7
Fatalities	143
Survivors	0

Avianca Flight 410 was a flight that crashed at 13:17 on March 17, 1988, near Cúcuta, Colombia, which occurred shortly after takeoff when it flew into a mountain. All 143 people on board were killed. It was the deadliest aviation accident to occur in Colombia until December 20, 1995.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved, manufactured in 1966, was a Boeing 727-21 owned and operated by Avianca. It was registered as HK-1716 serial number 18999. It had flown previously with Pan Am, originally registered as N321PA and named Clipper Koln-Bonn; it was sold on September 20, 1974, to Avianca. It had logged 43,848 hours of airframe time and was powered by three Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7A engines.

Description

The plane took off from Cúcuta at around 13:17 from runway 33 bound for Cartagena. There was no further information from the plane until ground witnesses claimed that they saw a Boeing 727 flying too low. The plane contacted some trees and then, at 13:18, it struck the mountain head on. The 727 broke in half and disintegrated when the fuel exploded; the remains were scattered in a 60-meter (200 ft) radius. There were no survivors among the 7 crew and 136 passengers.

Rescue operations and commissions rushed to the crash site, which was impossible to reach due to nightfall and the resulting low visibility. Area residents provided light and helped the rescuers reach the top of the mountain, where the rest of the wreckage was. The next day, the remains were transported back to Cúcuta to be identified by their family members.

Investigation

The official cause of the crash was a controlled flight into terrain at 6,343 feet. The investigation pointed to a number of probable causes, including a non-crew pilot in the cockpit, whose presence diverted the attention of the pilot and who interfered with the operation of the aircraft, and a lack of teamwork (crew resource management) between the pilot and co-pilot.

Aftermath

The crash of Flight 410 was the deadliest aviation accident to occur in Colombia until December 20, 1995, when American Airlines Flight 965 crashed into a mountain near Buga, Valle del Cauca, killing 159 people. The cause was determined to be pilot error.

References

^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-21 HK-1716 Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
"Logbook Magazine". Archived from the original on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
"Accident Boeing 727-21 HK-1716, Thursday 17 March 1988". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 757-223 N651AA Buga". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 11 June 2019.

External links

Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2005-12-06.
ICAO reports:
- ICAO Circular 2660-AN/154 (12-26)
- ICAO Adrep Summary 2/88 (#5)
Final report (Archive) - Civil Aviation Department, Colombia, prepared by Harro Ranter, Aviation Safety Network. Source: Aircraft Accident Digest (ICAO Circular 260-AN/154) p. 12-26.

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