| Date: | Tuesday 21 June 1977 |
| Time: | 08:30 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-20-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronorte Colombia - Aerovias del Norte |
| Registration: | HK-75 |
| MSN: | 22275 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
| Tame Airport (TME/SKTM) |
The Curtiss C-46 transport plane carried goods and fuel from Bogotá to Tame, Colombia. The no. 1 engine malfunctioned and caught fire after takeoff. The aircraft force landed. Subsequently the fire spread over the wing and left side of the fuselage before it was extinguished.
Sources:
El Tiempo 22 June 1977, p1+15C
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Barranquilla Airport (BAQ); September 1974
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