| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | February 25, 1962 |
| Time: | 1435 |
| Location: | Municipio de Marulanda, Colombia |
| Operator: | Avianca |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Manizales - Bogota |
| AC Type: | Douglas C-47A |
| Registration: | HK-502 |
| cn / ln: | 19653 |
| Aboard: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | After taking off the crew of the cargo plane declared an emergency and crashed shortly after. The faulty procedure on the part of the pilot who made the en route climb from Manizales to San Felix at a low altitude, so that the aircraft became trapped in a canyon and crashed in the San Felix pass at La Aguadita after stalling during a turn at 9,000 ft. |
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