Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 26 August 1981
Aircraft Type: Vickers 745D Viscount
Owner/operator: Aeropesca Colombia
Registration Number: HK-1320
Location: ca 48 km N of Florencia –
ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 50 / Occupants: 50
Component Affected: The Viscount aircraft.The Viscount aircraft.
Category: Accident
A Viscount aircraft crashed into the jungle on Mt. Santa Elena, likely due to continued VFR flight in unfavorable meteorological conditions.A Viscount aircraft crashed into the jungle on Mt. Santa Elena, likely due to continued VFR flight in unfavorable meteorological conditions.
Description
The Viscount crashed into the jungle on a mountain peak called Mt. Santa Elena. PROBABLE CAUSE: Continuing VFR in meteorological conditions below the minimum laid down in the Manual of Colombian air routes.
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0JQSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2fYDAAAAIBAJ&dq=colombian%20plane&pg=4519%2C6479904https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0JQSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2fYDAAAAIBAJ&dq=colombian%20plane&pg=4519%2C6479904Primary Cause
Continuing VFR flight in meteorological conditions below the minimum laid down in the Manual of Colombian air routes.Continuing VFR flight in meteorological conditions below the minimum laid down in the Manual of Colombian air routes.Share on:
