Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 8 June 1974
Aircraft Type: Vickers 785D Viscount
Owner/operator: Aerol¡neas TAO
Registration Number: HK-1058
Location: 16 km W of C£cuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC) –
ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44
Component Affected: Tailplane sparTailplane spar
Category: Accident
A Vickers 785D Viscount crashed near Cerro El Retiro, Colombia, resulting in the deaths of all 44 passengers. The aircraft lost control during a VMC descent through 7000 feet due to a fatigue fracture in the upper part of the tailplane, which caused the separation of the left tailplane and elevator.A Vickers 785D Viscount crashed near Cerro El Retiro, Colombia, resulting in the deaths of all 44 passengers. The aircraft lost control during a VMC descent through 7000 feet due to a fatigue fracture in the upper part of the tailplane, which caused the separation of the left tailplane and elevator.
Description
A Vickers 785D Viscount passenger plane, registered HK-1058, was destroyed in an accident at Cerro El Retiro, near C£cuta, Colombia. All 44 on board were killed. The pilot lost control of the plane when the left tailplane and elevator separated during a VMC descent through 7000 feet. The failure had been caused by a fatigue fracture in the upper part of the tailplane. This fracture had started at the outer hole of the steel fitting at the spar flange where it joins the fuselage. PROBABLE CAUSE: Aircraft structure – tail unit, involving the failure in flight of the tailplane spar, so that the left tailplane and elevator became detached and control of the aircraft was lost.
Primary Cause
Aircraft structure – tail unit, involving the failure in flight of the tailplane spar, so that the left tailplane and elevator became detached and control of the aircraft was lost.Aircraft structure – tail unit, involving the failure in flight of the tailplane spar, so that the left tailplane and elevator became detached and control of the aircraft was lost.Share on:
