| Date: | Wednesday 24 July 1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6B |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Colombiana |
| Registration: | FAC-902 |
| MSN: | 45067/709 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 80 / Occupants: 80 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 32 km N of Leticia -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Leticia-Alfredo Vásquez Cobo Airport (LET/SKLT) |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
Because of a strike among Avianca pilots, Air Force transport planes were used on domestic services. The aircraft was flying in bad weather (rainstorm) when a no. 3 engine fire caused the plane to crash into the jungle.
Sources:
The Times 26.07.1985
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); 27 August 1973
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