ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-53B (DC-3) C-108 Puerto Araujo

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Status:
Date:	Wednesday 22 January 1947
Type:	Douglas C-53B (DC-3)
Operator:	Avianca
Registration:	C-108
MSN:	4829
First flight:	1941
Crew:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:	Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13
Total:	Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	near Puerto Araujo ( Colombia)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Bogotá-Techo Airport, Colombia
Destination airport:	Barrancabermeja-Yariguíes Airport (EJA/SKEJ), Colombia

Narrative:
Crashed.

Classification:

Loss of control

Sources:

» El Tiempo 25 June 1947, p3
» Civil Aircraft Registers of Colombia / Air Britain Historians, 1983

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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 Bogotá-Techo Airport to Barrancabermeja-Yariguíes Airport as the crow flies is 268 km (167 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.

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