| Date: | Sunday 15 October 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | Skyways International |
| Registration: | N6924C |
| MSN: | 4852 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Riohacha-Almirante Padilla Airport (RCH) -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | Riohacha-Almirante Padilla Airport (RCH/SKRH) |
Premature gear retraction on takeoff; crashed.
Sources:
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); September 1977
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