Status: | |
Date: | Saturday 8 April 1961 |
Type: | Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando |
Operator: | Texaco |
Registration: | HK-489E |
MSN: | 26778 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 27 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 29 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Puerto Calderón ( Colombia)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Damaged beyond repair following a runway excursion accident on landing at Puerto Calderón.
Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported that a DC-3 '1548' was involved in the accident. HK-1548 was a Piper light aircraft and there is no DC-3 known registered as N1548.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» El Tiempo 10 April 1961, p1+19
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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.