ASN Aircraft accident Douglas R4D-1 (DC-3) C-708 Mitú Airport (MVP)
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Date:Friday 30 May 1947
Time:09:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas R4D-1 (DC-3)
Operator:Taxi Aéreo Colombiano - TAERCO
Registration: C-708
MSN: 9041
First flight: 1943
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Repaired
Location:Mitú Airport (MVP) (   Colombia)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Mitú Airport (MVP/SKMU), Colombia
Narrative:
The DC-3 suffered a runway excursion on landing and crashed into the airport boundary fence.

Classification:
Runway excursion

Sources:
» El Tiempo 31 May 1947, p1+19


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