HK-715

On June 22, 1975 at 12:00 AM, HK-715 experienced a crash involving Handley Page HPR-7 Dart Herald, operated by Lineas Aéreas La Urraca, with the event recorded near Bogotá-El Dorado Bogotá Capital District.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Bogotá-El Dorado Airport, while climbing, the crew encountered technical problems with an engine that lost power. Unable to maintain the prescribed altitude, the crew attempted an emergency landing in a prairie when the aircraft crashed near the suburb of La Libertad, about 9 km southwest of the airport. All three occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-715, MSN 151, year of manufacture 1961.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 4.6163°, -74.0738°.