Date:	Tuesday 3 October 1972
Time:	c. 09:50 LT
Type:	Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
Owner/operator:	Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi
Registration:	HK-1388-G
MSN:	31-193
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Medellín Olaya Herrera Airport, Medellín, near -   Colombia
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Medellín Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH/SKMD)
Destination airport:	Bogotá
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Crashed 3 October 1972 into an industrial area during attempt to return to Medellín/Olaya Herrera Airport, after engine failure one minute after take-off. The three persons on board (pilot and two passengers) were killed, as was one person on the ground.

1. El Tiempo 26 November 1972, page 6A
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1972/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-colombia-4-killed/]
3. Flight International 26 October 1972 at https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1972/1972%20-%202815.PDF

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
25-Feb-2014 20:15	TB	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Apr-2015 23:22	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Dec-2016 17:49	TB	Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Sep-2017 19:37	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
15-Sep-2017 19:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative]
29-Oct-2019 18:11	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]