Statuts:
Date:	19 AVR 1960
Heure:	00:08 UTC
Type/Sous-type:	Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
Compagnie:	Lloyd Aéreo Colombiano
Immatriculation:	HK-390
Numéro de série:	32954
Année de Fabrication:	1944
Heures de vol:	8289
Equipage:	victimes: 6 / à bord: 7
Passagers:	victimes: 31 / à bord: 44
Total:	victimes: 37 / à bord: 51
Dégats de l'appareil:	Perte Totale
Conséquences:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:	Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) (Colombie)
Phase de vol:	En approche (APR)
Nature:	Transport de Passagers Nat.
Aéroport de départ:	Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH/SKMD), Colombie
Aéroport de destination:	Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombie
Numéro de vol:	503

Détails:
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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