Villavicencio - Yopal

On August 22, 1973 at 11:40 AM, Villavicencio - Yopal experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by Avianca, with the event recorded near Yopal Casanare.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

17 people were known to be on board, 16 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 94.1%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 14, passenger fatalities: 13, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport at 1113LT on a 45 minutes flight to Yopal, carrying 14 passengers and a crew of three. On approach to Yopal, the pilots encountered poor visibility with fog when the airplane crashed on the slope of a hill (480 meters high) located few km from the airport. A passenger survived while 16 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-111, MSN 4105, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 5.3324°, -72.3854°.