Florencia - Neiva

On August 27, 1981 at 03:45 PM, Florencia - Neiva experienced a crash involving Vickers Viscount, operated by Aeropesca Colombia, with the event recorded near Florencia Caquetá.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

50 people were known to be on board, 50 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 44, passenger fatalities: 44, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Few minutes after takeoff from Florencia-Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport, while cruising in bad weather conditions, the four engine airplane struck the slope of Mt Santa Elena shrouded in clouds and located about 48 km north of Florencia. The wreckage was found few hours later. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 50 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-1320, MSN 112, year of manufacture 1956.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 1.5694°, -75.6206°.