Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 JUN 1958 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Lloyd Aéreo Colombiano |
| Registration: | HK-391 |
| C/n / msn: | 30196 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 23 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Puerto Columbia (Colombia) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz Airport (BAQ/SKBQ), Colombia |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), United States of America |
Engine trouble forced the crew to carry out an emergency landing on the seashore.
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Distance from Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz Airport to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1746 km (1091 miles).
Distance from Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz Airport to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 1746 km (1091 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.
