- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | March 19, 1960 |
Time: | 1110 |
Location: | Cordoba, Colombia |
Operator: | SAMSA |
Flight #: | 901 |
Route: | San Andres - Medellin |
AC Type: | Curtiss C-46 |
Registration: | HK-516 |
cn / ln: | 2927/384 |
Aboard: | 46 (passengers:42 crew:4) |
Fatalities: | 25 (passengers:22 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Forced landing after engine failure. The accident was attributed to an error in judgment by the pilot in deciding to land at an airport which was closed and where no radio aid was available. Contributing factors were intermittent overspeeding of propellers, adverse weather and no communication tower. |
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