| Date: | Wednesday 13 June 1951 |
| Time: | 06:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-50-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Sociedad Aeronautica Medellin - SAM |
| Registration: | HK-504 |
| MSN: | 10062 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH/SKMD) |
| Cartagena Airport (CTG/SKCG) |
The C-47 transport plane departed Medellín at 05:40 on a cargo flight to Cartagena, Colombia. The flight made an emergency return to the airport and crashed after striking the chimney of the Tejicóndor factory in the Belén suburb of Medellín. One person died on the ground as a result of the accident.
Sources:
El Tiempo 14 June 1950, p1+7
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