Gear-up landing Incident Lockheed L-188A Electra HK-555,
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Date:Wednesday 15 September 1971
Time:18:20 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic L188 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed L-188A Electra
Owner/operator:SAM Colombia
Registration: HK-555
MSN: 1029
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 54
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) -   Colombia
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO)
Destination airport:San Andrés via San José
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Circled over San José with no response from undercarriage. Returned to Bogota and made a belly landing.

Sources:

La Nacion 18 September 1971, p8+10
El Tiempo 16 September 1971, p1+17B

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
21 January 1970 HK-555 SAM Colombia 0 Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) sub
Collision with Ground support equipment

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Dec-2015 08:36 JINX Added
07-Feb-2017 10:07 TB Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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