ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336734
| Date: | Friday 9 April 1948 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Sociedad Colombiana de Transportes Aéreos - SCOLTA |
| Registration: | C-40 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Buenavista -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Maracaibo-Grano de Oro Airport (ORO/SVMO) |
| Cartagena Airport (CTG/SKCG) |
A Douglas C-47 cargo plane went missing 26 minutes after takeoff from Maracaibo, Venezuela. The aircraft was heading to Cartagena, Colombia. On board were three crew members and manager of SCOLTA, Hernando Navarro Botero.
The wreckage was located in June 1959.
Sources:
El Tiempo 16 April 1948, p1
http://www.aviacol.net/
El Tiempo 10 June 1959, p1+13
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