Aeropesca Colombia Flight 221
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Date | 26 August 1981 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) |
Site | Cerro Matiqui, Colombia |
Passengers | 44 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 50 (all) |
Survivors | 0 |
Aircraft type | Vickers Viscount 745D |
Aircraft name | Ciudad de Popayana |
Operator | Aeropesca Colombia |
Registration | HK-1320 |
Flight origin | Florencia-Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport (FLA/SKFL), Florencia, Colombia |
Destination | Neiva Airport, Colombia |
Aeropesca Colombia Flight 221 was an internal scheduled passenger flight from Florencia Airport to Neiva Airport in Colombia. On 26 August 1981 it was being operated by a Vickers Viscount turboprop airliner registered in Colombia as HK-1320 when it collided with Mount Santa Elana, an Andean mountain peak, destroying the aircraft and killing all 50 on board.[1]
Investigation
The investigation by the Colombian authorities concluded the probable cause was "continuing VFR in meteorological conditions below the minimum laid down in the Manual of Colombian air routes".[1]
Aircraft
The aircraft was a four-engined Vickers Viscount 745D turboprop airliner registered HK-1320 with Vickers construction number 112, it first flew on 22 February 1956 in the United Kingdom and was delivered to Capital Airlines in the United States on 3 March 1956.[2] After service with Capital, Austrian Airlines and Aloha Airlines it was bought by Aeropesca Colombia in 1971.[2]
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