1983 TAMPA Colombia Boeing 707 crash
Boeing 707-373C · Engine failure on takeoff leading to loss of control
From Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) to Miami International Airport (MIA)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 25 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 22
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 15 · all on the ground
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Boeing 707-373C
- Aircraft type
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- HK-2401X
- Operator
- TAMPA Colombia
- Onboard fatalities
- 3
- Route
- From Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH)To Miami International Airport (MIA)
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
The 1983 Tampa Colombia Boeing 707 crash took place on December 14, 1983, when a TAMPA Colombia Boeing 707 crashed after taking off from Olaya Herrera Airport in Medellín, Colombia on a ferry flight, killing all three people on board and 22 more people on the ground.
Accident
On the morning of December 14, 1983, the aircraft was scheduled to operate a flight from Medellín to Miami. During takeoff the no. 4 (outer right) engine ingested foreign objects. The aircraft returned to Medellín where mechanics assessed the damage. They decided the aircraft would be ferried to Miami for repairs. The cargo was unloaded in preparation for the ferry flight.
Eight hours later, the aircraft took off with the no 4 engine idle. During the second takeoff attempt the no. 3 (inner right) engine failed. The aircraft banked to the right and crashed into a factory. All three crew members and 22 people on the ground were killed, while 15 more people on the ground were injured.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 1983 TAMPA Colombia Boeing 707 crash
- Revision
- 1364395941 · 2026-07-16 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q65226918
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "1983 TAMPA Colombia Boeing 707 crash" (page 70703404, revision 1364395941)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator is an airline according to Wikidata
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: total_fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: ground fatalities
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.