| Date: | Wednesday 21 February 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Joanne Fashions |
| Registration: | N10427 |
| MSN: | 30532 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km SSW of Barrancabermeja Airport (EJA) -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ/SKBQ) |
| Pereira Airport (PEI/SKPE) |
Some time after leaving Barranquilla, the no. 1 engine malfunctioned, so the crew had to divert to Barrancabermeja with a feathered prop. While turning to finals, the aircraft crashed and caught fire about 3 km short of runway 03.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Sharp turn to the side of the dead engine caused the overloaded aircraft to lose speed and lose control.
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Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); May 1970
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