1973 Aerocóndor Lockheed L-188 Electra crash
Aerocóndor Colombia Lockheed L-188A Electra · Controlled flight into terrain
From El Dorado International Airport (BOG) to Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport (ADZ)
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
- 42 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 42
- 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
- Unknown
- 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
Lockheed L-188A Electra
- Aircraft type
- Lockheed L-188
- 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-777
- Operator
- Aerocóndor Colombia
- Onboard fatalities
- 42
- Route
- From El Dorado International Airport (BOG)To Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport (ADZ)
Approximate · Estimated position: El Dorado International Airport, the airport the Wikipedia article names as the site. Where on or near it is not known.
From the Wikipedia article
The 1973 Aerocóndor L-188 Electra crash occurred on 27 August 1973, when a Lockheed L-188 Electra operated by Aerocóndor Colombia, struck a mountain after takeoff. All of the 42 occupants on board were killed, leaving no survivors.
Accident
After taking off from Bogotá-Eldorado Airport, Colombia, in limited visibility, the crew failed to follow correct departure procedures and the aircraft crashed into the side of Cerro el Cable mountain, approximately 12 km southeast of the airport. The aircraft immediately disintegrated after the impact, killing everyone on board.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 1973 Aerocóndor Lockheed L-188 Electra crash
- Revision
- 1345554190 · 2026-03-26 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q98071413
- 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 "1973 Aerocóndor Lockheed L-188 Electra crash" (page 77603174, revision 1345554190)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- airport the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata code, OurAirports)
- 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: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- 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.