Aeropesca Flight 217

Aeropesca Flight 217 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight in Colombia from La Vanguardia Airport, Villavicencio to El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá. On 26 March 1982 the flight was operated by a four-engined Vickers Viscount turboprop registered HK-2382 which collided with a mountain at 7,700 feet 130 km south east from Bogotá near Quetame in bad weather. The storm hampered rescue attempts. All 21 on board were killed.

Aeropesca Flight 217

Sister-ship to the accident aircraft in a later Intercontinental Colombia livery
Accident
Date	26 March 1982
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Quetame, Colombia 4°20′35″N 73°45′0″W
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Vickers Viscount 745D
Operator	Aeropesca
Registration	HK-2382
Flight origin	La Vanguardia Airport, Villavicencio, Colombia
Destination	El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, Colombia
Occupants	21
Passengers	15
Crew	6
Fatalities	21
Survivors	0

Aircraft

The aircraft was a Vickers Viscount 745D four-engined turboprop that had been built in the United Kingdom in 1956 for Capital Airlines of the United States. First flown on 15 December 1956 it was bought by Aeropesca in March 1976.

Accident

At 3:25PM, Flight 217 departed from La Vanguardia Airport to El Dorado International Airport. Mid-flight, the aircraft crashed into a mountain at an altitude of 7,700 feet (2,300 m) as it approached Bogota. Later at 5PM, a declaration of emergency was made after contact with the airliner was lost.

Crew

The flight was under the command of Roberto Alfonso Simbaqueva (46) and co-pilot Alberto Leyva Garces (25). Including 4 unknown cabin crew.

References

Citations

Bibliography

• World Accident Summary. Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom). 1974. ISBN 0-903083-44-2.
• Eastwood, Tony; John Roach (1991). Turbo Prop Airliner Production List. The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0-907178-32-4.