| Date: | Tuesday 16 September 1958 |
| Time: | 08:00 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Sociedad Aeronautica Medellin - SAM |
| Registration: | HK-514 |
| MSN: | 30363 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | NE of Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH/SKMD) |
| Bogotá-Techo Airport |
The Curtiss C-46 forced landed into field after one engine failed shortly after takeoff from runway 02 at Medellín. The airplane came down between the Tenche and Fátima neighbourhoods.
Sources:
El Tiempo 17 September 1958, p13
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