1976 Taxi Aereo el Venado Douglas DC-4 accident
.jpg) A DC-4 similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 15 January 1976 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Western Cordilera, near Chipaque, Colombia |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-4 |
| Operator | Taxi Aereo el Venado |
| Registration | HK-127 |
| Flight origin | Bogota-Eldorado Airport |
| Destination | La Macarena Airport |
| Passengers | 10 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 13 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The Taxi Aereo el Venado Douglas DC-4 accident occurred on 15 January 1976 when DC-4 HK-127, crashed 50 km (31 mi; 27 nmi) from Bogota when it hit a mountain and was destroyed killing all 13 on board.[1]
Accident[edit]
The aircraft was on a domestic charter flight from Bogota-Eldorado Airport to La Macarena Airport with three crew and ten passengers.[1] 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.[2] Nothing else was heard from the aircraft despite attempts by Air Traffic Control to contact them.[2] 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.[2]
Aircraft[edit]
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.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ a b c 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). ISBN 0-86039-344-5.
- Douglas DC-4. Air-Britain. 1967.