.jpg) A Vickers Viscount similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 26 August 1981 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) |
| Site | Cerro Matiqui, Colombia |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Vickers Viscount 745D |
| Aircraft name | Ciudad de Popayana |
| Operator | Aeropesca Colombia |
| 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 |
Aeropesca Colombia 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]