- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: November 17, 1956
Time: 1645
Location: El Rucio Mountain, Colombia
Operator: Empresa Aviacion del Pacifico
Flight #: ?
Route: Buenaventura - Cali
AC Type: Douglas DC-3
Registration: HK-385
cn / ln: 1971
Aboard: 36   (passengers:33  crew:3)
Fatalities: 36   (passengers:33  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: Hit El Rucio Mountain at 6,200 ft. which was obscured by clouds. Lack of cockpit discipline. Flight on instruments at an excessively low altitude for the route.
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