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Avianca Flight 410 was a flight that crashed at 13:17 on March 17, 1988, near Cúcuta, Colombia. The aircraft was a Boeing 727-21 operated by Avianca, the national airline of Colombia. Flight 410 was a regular scheduled domestic passenger flight from Cúcuta-Camilo Daza International Airport (CUC) to Cartagena de Indias-Rafael Núñez International Airport (CTG). The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from runway 33 at Cúcuta.

The aircraft registration number was HK-1716. That airplane had flown previously with Pan Am, as #N321PA. The aircraft was built in 1966, and had 43,848 hours of airframe time.

There were no survivors among the 7 crew and 136 passengers.

The official cause of the crash was a controlled flight into terrain at 6,200 feet. The investigation pointed to a number of probable causes, including a non-crew pilot in the cockpit, whose presence diverted the attention of the pilot and who interfered with the operation of the aircraft, and a lack of teamwork between the pilot and co-pilot. (CRM)

References

• Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2005-12-06.
• ICAO reports:
  • ICAO Circular 2660-AN/154 (12-26)
  • ICAO Adrep Summary 2/88 (#5)

See also

• List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners

← 1987 Aviation accidents and incidents in 1988 1989→ Avianca Flight 410 (March 17) — Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (April 28) — Widerøe Flight 710 (May 6) — TACA Flight 110 (May 24) — Air France Flight 296 (June 26) — Iran Air Flight 655 (July 3) — British International Helicopters Sikorsky S-61N crash (July 13) — Zia-ul-Haq (August 17) — Ramstein airshow disaster (August 28) — Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 (August 31) — Indian Airlines Flight 113 (October 19) — 1988 Mexico Learjet 24 crash (October 25) — LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703 (November 2) — Remscheid A-10 crash (December 8) — Pan Am Flight 103 (December 21) Bold blue indicates incidents resulting at least 50 deaths (current article is always in bold black) Red indicates the deadliest incident in 1988