Aeropesca Flight 221

Aeropesca Flight 221 was an internal scheduled passenger flight from Florencia Airport to Neiva Airport in Colombia. On 26 August 1981 it was being operated by a Vickers Viscount turboprop airliner registered in Colombia as HK-1320 when it collided with Mount Santa Elana, an Andean mountain peak, destroying the aircraft and killing all 50 on board.^[1]

Aeropesca Flight 221

A Vickers Viscount similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date	26 August 1981
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT)
Site	Cerro Matiqui, Colombia 2.03°N 75.47°W / 2.03; -75.47
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Vickers Viscount 745D
Aircraft name	Ciudad de Popayana
Operator	Aeropesca
Registration	HK-1320
Flight origin	Florencia-Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport (FLA/SKFL), Florencia, Colombia
Destination	Neiva Airport, Colombia
Passengers	44
Crew	6
Fatalities	50
Survivors	0

Investigation

The investigation by the Colombian authorities concluded the probable cause was "continuing VFR in meteorological conditions below the minimum laid down in the Manual of Colombian air routes".^[1]

Aircraft

The aircraft was a four-engined Vickers Viscount 745D turboprop airliner registered HK-1320 with Vickers construction number 112, it first flew on 22 February 1956 in the United Kingdom and was delivered to Capital Airlines in the United States on 3 March 1956.^[2] After service with Capital, Austrian Airlines and Aloha Airlines it was bought by Aeropesca in 1971.^[2]