Status:
Date:	19 APR 1960
Time:	00:08 UTC
Type:	Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
Operator:	Lloyd Aéreo Colombiano
Registration:	HK-390
C/n / msn:	32954
First flight:	1944
Total airframe hrs:	8289
Crew:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:	Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 44
Total:	Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 51
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) (Colombia)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH/SKMD), Colombia
Destination airport:	Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia
Flightnumber:	503

Narrative:
LACSA Flight 503 departed Miami at 13:45 GMT for a flight to Barranquilla, Medellin and Bogotá. The flight left Medellin at 22:58 for the last leg of the flight. Cruising altitude was FL135. After contacting Bogotá control tower at 00:03, the crew received the following information: "runway 12, wind calm, altimeter 30.33, restriction owing to aircraft accident in the safety zone near taxiway B". A long downwind leg was flown because another aircraft was taxiing along the main runway toward the apron. On finals the aircraft crashed.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot failed to take proper action to counteract the loss of speed and height in the final approach turn.
Contributing factors: 1) Lack of operational control by the airlines concerned. 2) The pilot in command lacked experience as a transport pilot. 3) It is probable that the report from the control tower at Eldorado that the runway was restricted because another aircraft had crashed in the safety zone had a psychological effect on the pilot."

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