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| Date: | Wednesday 15 September 1971 |
| Time: | 18:20 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-188A Electra |
| Owner/operator: | SAM Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-555 |
| MSN: | 1029 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 54 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
| San Andrés via San José | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Circled over San José with no response from undercarriage. Returned to Bogota and made a belly landing.
Sources:
La Nacion 18 September 1971, p8+10
El Tiempo 16 September 1971, p1+17B
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 January 1970 | HK-555 | SAM Colombia | 0 | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) | |
sub |
| Collision with Ground support equipment | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2015 08:36 | JINX | Added |
| 07-Feb-2017 10:07 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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