Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
Status:
Date:12 FEB 1970
Type:Douglas C-47-DL
Operator:Lineas Aéreas La Urraca
Registration: HK-1270
C/n / msn: 4544
First flight: 1942
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Total:Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Ground casualties:Fatalities: 2
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Puerto Infrida (Colombia)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
When the no. 1 engine oversped during cruise, the crew reported they tried to return to the airport.
Nothing more was heard, until another aircraft found the wreckage.

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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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