Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 18 December 1979
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-54D-10-DC (DC-4)
Owner/operator: SATENA
Registration Number: FAC-1106
Location: Cerro Toledo –
ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21
Component Affected: Douglas C-54 aircraftDouglas C-54 aircraft
Category: Accident
A Douglas C-54 military airline aircraft crashed during a flight from Arauca to C£cuta, Colombia, resulting in the deaths of twenty-one people, including five crew members and thirteen passengers, including a newborn baby. The aircraft impacted a mountainside at an altitude of 3400 meters.A Douglas C-54 military airline aircraft crashed during a flight from Arauca to C£cuta, Colombia, resulting in the deaths of twenty-one people, including five crew members and thirteen passengers, including a newborn baby. The aircraft impacted a mountainside at an altitude of 3400 meters.
Description
A Douglas C-54 of military airline SATENA was destroyed when it impacted a mountainside at an altitude of 3400 m. All twenty-one on board (five crew, 15 passengers and a newborn baby) were killed. The airplane operated on a flight from Arauca to C£cuta, Colombia and crashed between Pamplona and C£cuta.
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=x6suAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWAEAAAAIBAJ&hl=es&pg=1479%2C2213262, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F48qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XV8EAAAAIBAJ&hl=es&pg=1048%2C2568126https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=x6suAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWAEAAAAIBAJ&hl=es&pg=1479%2C2213262, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F48qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XV8EAAAAIBAJ&hl=es&pg=1048%2C2568126Primary Cause
Mountainic terrain and the aircraft’s altitude.Mountainic terrain and the aircraft’s altitude.Share on:
