Aeropesca Colombia Flight 217
1982 aviation accident
 Sister-ship to the accident aircraft in a later Intercontinental Colombia livery | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 26 March 1982 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Quetame, Colombia |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Vickers Viscount 745D |
| Operator | Aeropesca Colombia |
| Registration | HK-2382 |
| Flight origin | La Vanguardia Airport, Villavicencio, Colombia |
| Destination | El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, Colombia |
| Passengers | 15 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 21 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Aeropesca Colombia Flight 217 was an internal scheduled passenger flight in Colombia from La Vanguardia Airport, Villavicencio to El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá.[1] On 26 March 1982 the flight was operated by a four-engined Vickers Viscount turboprop registered HK-2382 which collided with a mountain at 7,700 feet 130 km south east from Bogotá near Quetame in bad weather.[1] The storm hampered rescue attempts. All 21 on board were killed.[1]
Aircraft
The aircraft was a Vickers Viscount 745D four-engined turboprop that had been built in the United Kingdom in 1956 for Capital Airlines of the United States.[2] First flown on 15 December 1956 it was bought by Aeropesca Colombia in March 1976.[2]
References
- Citations
- ^ a b c Civil Aviation Authority 1974, p. 7/82
- ^ a b Eastwood 1991, p. 388
- Bibliography
- World Accident Summary. Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom). 1974. ISBN 0-903083-44-2.
- Eastwood, Tony; John Roach (1991). Turbo Prop Airliner Production List. The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0-907178-32-4.
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