ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47 (DC-3) FAC-673 Apiay Air Base (API)
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Date:Friday 6 April 1962
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47 (DC-3)
Operator:Fuerza Aérea Colombiana
Registration: FAC-673
MSN:
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26
Total:Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 31
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Apiay Air Base (API) (   Colombia)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Araracuara Airport (ACR/SKAC), Colombia
Destination airport:Apiay-Captain Luis F. Gómez Niño Air Base (API/SKAP), Colombia
Narrative:
Flew into the mountain while descending off course for Apiay.
The airplane operated on a flight from Bogotá to Araracuara, Apiay and back to Bogotá.

Sources:
» El Tiempo 7 April 1962, p1+27
» El Tiempo 8 April 1962, p1+22


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Distance from Araracuara Airport to Apiay-Captain Luis F. Gómez Niño Air Base as the crow flies is 531 km (332 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of 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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Douglas DC-3

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  • 3590th loss
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