| Date: | Thursday 29 January 1953 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Lineas Interamericana Aérea |
| Registration: | HK-605 |
| MSN: | 30362 |
| 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: | ca 6 km SE of Bogotá-Techo Airport -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Bogotá-Techo Airport |
| Cartagena Airport (CTG/SKCG) |
The Curtiss C-46 transport plane took off from Bogotá-Techo Airport, Colombia on a domestic cargo flight to Cartagena and Barranquilla. Immediately after takeoff the left hand engine quit. The crew carried out a forced landing in the Santa Lucia suburb of Bogotá.
Sources:
El Tiempo 30 January 1953, p1+21
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