Narrative:
Two Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor passenger planes were destroyed in a collision at Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH), Colombia. Seventeen occupants were killed.
Tri-Motor F-31, operated by SACO, swung off the runway during takeoff run and struck a SCADTA Ford Tri-Motor, registered C-31 that was taxiing towards the runway. Both aircraft caught fire. All seven on board the SCADTA plane were killed. Ten of 13 occupants of the SACO plane were killed.
Among those killed on the SACO plane were: Capt Ernesto Samper Mendoza (pilot), Carlos Gardel (47, singer, actor), and Alfredo Le Pera (35, lyricist).
» El Tiempo - 25 June 1935
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 24 June 1935 |
| Time: | 14:51 |
| Type: |  Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor |
| Operator: | Servicio Aéreo Colombiano - SACO |
| Registration: | F-31 |
| MSN: | 5-AT-006 |
| First flight: | 1928-11-22 (6 years 7 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 11 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 13 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) ( Colombia)
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| Crash site elevation: | 1506 m (4941 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH/SKMD), Colombia |
| Bogotá-Techo Airport, Colombia |
Two Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor passenger planes were destroyed in a collision at Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH), Colombia. Seventeen occupants were killed.
Tri-Motor F-31, operated by SACO, swung off the runway during takeoff run and struck a SCADTA Ford Tri-Motor, registered C-31 that was taxiing towards the runway. Both aircraft caught fire. All seven on board the SCADTA plane were killed. Ten of 13 occupants of the SACO plane were killed.
Among those killed on the SACO plane were: Capt Ernesto Samper Mendoza (pilot), Carlos Gardel (47, singer, actor), and Alfredo Le Pera (35, lyricist).
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» Aviacol.net > Servicio Aéreo Colombiano - SACO» El Tiempo - 25 June 1935
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport to Bogotá-Techo Airport as the crow flies is 237 km (148 miles).
Distance from Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport to Bogotá-Techo Airport as the crow flies is 237 km (148 miles).
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