| Date: | Tuesday 23 November 1965 |
| Time: | 05:15 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46R Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Associated Aviation Industries |
| Registration: | N1210W |
| MSN: | 33595 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | N of Urrao -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | |
A Curtiss C-46R Commando transport plane was destroyed in an accident near Urrao, Colombia. The crew continued VFR in instrument weather conditions until the aircraft impacted the side of a mountain called Cerro Pelado between the cities of Frontino and Urrao.
The airplane carried a cargo of cigarettes and was bound for Ecuador. The wreckage was located about January 10, 1966.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
El Tiempo - 11 Jan 1966
NTSB COL65AA373
History of this aircraft
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