| Date: | Wednesday 11 December 1991 |
| Time: | 15:20 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas |
| Registration: | HK-2716 |
| MSN: | 22478 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 20 km N of Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Rionegro/Medellín-José María Córdova Airport (MDE/SKRG) |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
A Curtiss C-46 Commando transport plane was destroyed in an accident near Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG), Colombia. All eight aboard were killed.
The airplane, HK-2716, had been involved in a gear collapsed incident at Rionegro/Medellín-José María Córdova Airport (MDE) on September 23, 1991. Repairs were carried out and the plane was to be ferried back to Bogotá on December 11.
While descending towards Bogotá, the airplane flew into the side of a hill.
Sources:
Scramble 152
El Tiempo 13-12-1991
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 August 1952 | N1688M | The Unit Export Company Inc | 0 | 4,7 mi N of Prescott Airport, AZ |  |
min |
| 2 December 1964 | HP-317 | SICASA | 0 | Rio Sucio, Sarapiquí |  |
sub |
Images:
photo (c) Karl Krämer, via W.Fischdick; Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG); August 1991
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