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| Date: | Tuesday 2 April 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft D18S |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Colombiana |
| Registration: | FAC518 |
| MSN: | A-1012 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Plato -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bogotá |
| Plato |
(2) Crashed while attempting an emergency landing on banks of Rio Magdalena. (1) Pilot Ten Germán Fernandez and medic Escobar Ballestas killed. (2) Three occupants killed, no survivers reported.
Note: (3) registration noted as "FAC513" (A-936), but probably missreading for FAC518 (A-1012)
Sources:
(1) El Tiempo 31 December 1957, p16
(2) La Nación (Santiago) 4 April 1957, p Secundo Seccion
(3) Scramble/Goodall
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Dec-2011 13:24 | ryan | Added |
| 09-Jan-2012 04:11 | flyingfan | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Feb-2014 19:29 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Nov-2023 15:57 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
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