Aeropesca Flight 221

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Aeropesca Flight 221
A Vickers Viscount similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date26 August 1981
SummaryControlled flight into terrain (CFIT)
SiteCerro Matiqui, Colombia
2°02′N 75°28′W / 2.03°N 75.47°W / 2.03; -75.47
Aircraft
Aircraft typeVickers Viscount 745D
Aircraft nameCiudad de Popayana
OperatorAeropesca
RegistrationHK-1320
Flight originFlorencia-Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport (FLA/SKFL), Florencia, Colombia
DestinationNeiva Airport, Colombia
Passengers44
Crew6
Fatalities50
Survivors0

Aeropesca 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 in 1971.[2]

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b UK CAA Document CAA 429 World Airline Accident Summary p. 16/81
  2. ^ a b 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.