Aeropesca Colombia Flight 221

Aeropesca Colombia Flight 221
Accident summary
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]

References

Notes

1 2 UK CAA Document CAA 429 World Airline Accident Summary p. 16/81
1 2 Roach/Eastwood 1990, p. 385

Bibliography

Roach, John; Eastwood, Tony (1990). Turbo Prop Airliner Production List. West Drayton, England: The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0 907178 32 4.

External links

Aviation Safety Network report

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