| Date: | Thursday 19 June 1986 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54D (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas |
| Registration: | HK-1808 |
| MSN: | 10669 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2000 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km from La Macarena Airport (LMC) -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | La Macarena Airport (LMC) |
| Mitú-Fabio Alberto León Bentley Airport (MVP/SKMU) |
Crashed while returning to the airport following a no. 4 engine (Pratt & Whitney R-2000) failure.
The aircraft carried 21 cows and an undetermined number of pigs.
Sources:
El Tiempo 21 June 1986, p2A
Location
Images:
photo (c) Karl Krämer, via Werner Fischdick; Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC); February 1982
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