Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 MAR 1947 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar |
| Operator: | TACA International Airlines |
| Registration: | YS-28 |
| C/n / msn: | 18-2450 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 12 km (7.5 mls) NW of Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) (Colombia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH/SKMD), Colombia |
| San José-La Sabana Airport, Costa Rica |
Flew into the a mountainside of Cerro del Padre Amaya.
Sources:
» The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
» El Tiempo 19 March 1947
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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.
