| Date: | Saturday 8 October 1983 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6 |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Monterrubio village, Santa Marta -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
The DC-6, on an illegal flight (smuggling of 30.000 lbs of marijuana), crashed and burnt on takeoff.
The aircraft model has also been reported as a DC-3.
Sources:
Flight International, 28 January 1984
Aviation Letter 208
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