| Date: | Thursday 17 January 1974 |
| Time: | 13:15 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3A-191 |
| Owner/operator: | Cessnyca |
| Registration: | HK-1216 |
| MSN: | 1905 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Chigorodó -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Chigorodó Airport (IGO/SKIG) |
| Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH/SKMD) |
The DC-3 left Chigorodó at 12:54 and climbed to the cruising altitude of FL115. Eyewitnesses later saw the aircraft lose control and crash inverted.
The airplane operated on a flight from Turbo to Medellín with an en route stop at Chigorodó.
Sources:
El Tiempo - 18 Jan 1974
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