FAC-680

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

  • July 16, 1978Accident

    The C-47 departed Riohacha Airport at 1615LT on a flight to Bogotá with intermediate stops in Santa Marta and Barranquilla. About five minutes before ETA, while cruising in low clouds, the airplane struck the slope of Mt Kennedy located about 22 km east of Santa Marta-Simon Bolivár Airport. The wreckage was found in an isolated area three days later and all eight occupants were killed. Crew: Cpt Jaime Sánchez Tocarruncho, pilot, Lt Ramon Villanueva Rodriguez, copilot, Cpt Jose Orlando Moscoso Va

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