Accident Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando HK-3468,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325434
 

Date:Saturday 19 September 1992
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic C46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando
Owner/operator:AVESCA
Registration: HK-3468
MSN: 22436
Year of manufacture:1945
Fatalities:Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:near Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC) -   Colombia
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC/SKVV)
Destination airport:Mitú Airport (MVP/SKMU)
Narrative:
The C-46 crashed in flames when attempting to return to the airport.

Sources:

Flight International
Scramble 161

Location

Images:


photo (c) Karl Krämer, via W. Fischdick; Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC); August 1991

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