| Date: | Saturday 19 September 1992 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | AVESCA |
| Registration: | HK-3468 |
| MSN: | 22436 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC) -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC/SKVV) |
| Mitú Airport (MVP/SKMU) |
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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