Date:	Wednesday 22 January 1947
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	TACA de Colombia
Registration:	C-204
MSN:	19725
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	off Guayaquil Airport (GYE) -   Ecuador
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport (GYE/SEGU)
Destination airport:	Lima-Limatambo Airport (LIM/SPIM)

Narrative:
The DC-3 force-landed on the bank of Río Guayas after the right engine caught fire shortly after take-off from Guayaquil.
The three passengers escaped unhurt. One crew member was injured.

Civil Aircraft Registers of Colombia / Air Britain Historians, 1983
El Informador 23 January 1947, p15

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