Accident | |
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Date | 7 July 2008 |
Summary | Engine failure on take-off |
Site | Madrid, Cundinamarca, Colombia |
Total fatalities | 2 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 747-209B(SF) |
Operator | Centurion Air Cargo on behalf of Kalitta Air |
Call sign | CENTURION 164 |
Registration | N714CK |
Flight origin | El Dorado International Airport, Bogota, Colombia |
Destination | Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida, United States |
Occupants | 8 |
Passengers | 0 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 8 |
Survivors | 8 |
Ground casualties | |
Ground fatalities | 2 |
Centurion Air Cargo Flight 164 was a chartered international cargo flight, flying from Bogota's El Dorado International Airport while en route to Miami International Airport. The flight was operated by Kalitta Air and the aircraft was wet leased by Centurion Air Cargo. On 7 July 2008, the aircraft, a Boeing 747-209BSF registered as N714CK, crashed shortly after takeoff. All aboard suffered injuries, but none were killed. Two people on the ground were killed after the plane slammed into a farm. The crash was the second crash of a Boeing 747 in 2008 in Kalitta Air service, after a previous accident at Brussels in May.
An investigation was launched by Colombian authorities and concluded that the crash was caused by dual engine failures. During its take-off phase, engine #4 and then engine #1 suffered loss of power. The flight crews could not recover the plane, which subsequently crashed into a ranch house.