Barrancabermeja – Bucaramanga

On December 14, 1977 at 12:00 AM, Barrancabermeja – Bucaramanga experienced a crash involving Vickers Viscount, operated by TAC Colombia - Transportes Aéreos del Cesar, with the event recorded near Bucaramanga-Palonegro Santander.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

22 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 22 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 18, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. For unknown reasons, the four engine airplane landed hard at Bucaramanga-Palonegro Airport and bounced several times before landing firmly on the last third of the runway. Aware that he would be unable to stop the airplane within the remaining distance, the captain decided to veer off runway and made a sharp turn to the right when both left main gear and nose gear collapsed. Both left engines struck the ground and the airplane veered off runway and came to rest. All 22 occupants were evacuated safely while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-1267, MSN 441, year of manufacture 1960.