| Date: | Wednesday 9 March 1955 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Avianca |
| Registration: | HK-328 |
| MSN: | 20224 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cerro Trujillo -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Condoto-Mandinga Airport (COG/SKCD) |
| Cali Airport (CLO/SKCL) |
A Douglas C-47 passenger plane operated by Avianca was destroyed when it impacted a mountainside during a domestic flight between Condoto and Cali, Colombia.
All eight on board were killed. The airplane also carried a cargo of gold and platinum.
The flight departed Condoto at 14:36, expecting to arrive at Cali about 15:35. Last radio contact was at 15:15 when the flight reported north of Cali at 12,500 feet.
The wreckage was found on March 13, 1955.
Sources:
Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 62)
El Tiempo 24 March 1955, p.18
El Tiempo 13 March 1955, p.1
El Tiempo 10 March 1955, p.1
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