Narrative:
Returned shortly after take-off du to technical problems and made a wheels up landing.
The registration was reported in local press as C-408 and C-804. The latter seems probably correct as this is in sequence with other Lodestars and because C-408 was reportedly used on a DC-3.
» El Tiempo 1 July 1948, p17
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 29 June 1948 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 18 Lodestar |
| Operator: | Sociedad Colombiana de Transportes Aéreos - SCOLTA |
| Registration: | C-804 |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bogotá-Techo ( Colombia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Madrid Air Base (SKMA), Colombia |
| Medellín (unknown airport), Colombia |
Returned shortly after take-off du to technical problems and made a wheels up landing.
The registration was reported in local press as C-408 and C-804. The latter seems probably correct as this is in sequence with other Lodestars and because C-408 was reportedly used on a DC-3.
Classification:
Forced landing outside airport
Sources:
» El Tiempo 30 Juni 1948, p1+2» El Tiempo 1 July 1948, p17
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