| Date: | Wednesday 12 December 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Aerovias Sud Americana |
| Registration: | N1662M |
| MSN: | 22545 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 90 km SE off Panama [Gulf of Panama] -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Panama City-Tocumen International Airport (PTY/MPTO) |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
The no. 1 propeller over-revved in flight. Because the engine could not be feathered, the crew were forced to return to the airport. Altitude was lost fast and a ditching had to be carried out in the Gulf of Panama. The aircraft remained afloat for half an hour before it sank in 100 feet of water.
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 13 December 1956, p8
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