ASN Aircraft accident Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando HK-514 Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH)
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Date:Tuesday 16 September 1958
Time:08:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic C46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
Operator:Sociedad Aeronautica Medellin - SAM
Registration: HK-514
MSN: 30363
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:NE of Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) (   Colombia)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH/SKMD), Colombia
Destination airport:Bogotá-Techo Airport, Colombia
Narrative:
The Curtiss C-46 forced landed into field after one engine failed shortly after takeoff from runway 02 at Medellín. The airplane came down between the Tenche and Fátima neighbourhoods.

Sources:
» El Tiempo 17 September 1958, p13


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Distance from Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport to Bogotá-Techo Airport as the crow flies is 237 km (148 miles).

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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