User:Paris1127/Avianca Flight 729
 A DC-3, similar to the accident aircraft, from Selva Colombia, another Colombian airline | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 24 December 1966 |
| Site | Cerro Las Animas, Colombia 1°33′53″N 76°51′30″W / 1.56476°N 76.85827°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas C-47A |
| Operator | Avianca |
| Registration | HK-161 |
| Flight origin | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport |
| Destination | Pasto-Antonio Nariño Airport |
| Passengers | 23 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 29 (all) |
Crash site
Bogotá
Pasto
Location of the crash site in Colombia, with Bogotá for reference
Avianca Flight 729 departed Bogotá-Eldorado Airport at 8:12 AM local time on a domestic flight to Pasto. Last radio contact was at 9:20 when it reported to a controller at Cali that the flight expected to arrive at Pasto at 10:17. The wreckage was found on January 4, 1967, on a mountain slope 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of Pasto.[1]
- ^ "Avianca Flight 729". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 19 July 2016.