Douglas DC-8-54F incident near Bogota, CO, February 2, 1993
On February 2, 1993 at about 7:00 am local time, a Douglas DC-8-54F, registered N54FA, suffered minor damage in an incident near Bogota. It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under scheduled airline rules (Part 121). The NTSB record does not give the injuries. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- February 2, 1993 · about 7:00 am local time
- Place
- Bogota, Colombia
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-8-54F · all DC-8-54Fs on the register
- Registration
- N54FA · registry record
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded; 0 hours since
- Seats: 0
- Landing gear: fixed
- Not recorded
- Operator: Fine Airlines
The flight
- Departed from: SKBO
- Destination: KMIA Miami FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: not reported
- Wind: from 140° at 2 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 15,000 ft; scat at 3,000 ft
- Temperature: 52°F (11°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 1:50 am from SKBO
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.