Aeropesca Flight 221
1981 plane crash in southern Colombia
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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]
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- Cerro Matiqui, Colombia
- 2.03°N 75.47°W
A Vickers Viscount similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | 26 August 1981 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Vickers Viscount 745D |
| Aircraft name | Ciudad de Popayana |
| Operator | Aeropesca |
| Registration | HK-1320 |
| Flight origin | Florencia-Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport (FLA/SKFL), Florencia, Colombia |
| Destination | Neiva Airport, Colombia |
| Passengers | 44 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 50 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Investigation
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]
