ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333896
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Date: | Tuesday 8 December 1959 |
Time: | |
Type: | Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | Sociedad Aeronautica Medellin - SAM |
Registration: | HK-515 |
MSN: | 26941 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 45 / Occupants: 45 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off Moron Island -
Colombia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | San Andrés Island Airport (ADZ/SKSP) |
Destination airport: | Cartagena Airport (CTG/SKCG) |
Narrative:The Curtiss C-46 was on the first leg of a San Andrés Island Airport (ADZ) - Cartagena (CTG) - Medellin flight. Last radio contact was at 11:27, 20 minutes after takeoff, when the aircraft reported over reporting point PC-2 at 9500 feet in visual conditions. Some 8 days later the right main gear wheel assembly was found near Moron Island.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The cause of the accident could not be determined."
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