Date: | xx Sep 1981 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas DC-6 |
Owner/operator: | Unknown |
Registration: | N62242 |
MSN: | 42857/7 |
Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | northeast Colombia -
Colombia
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Illegal Flight |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:A Douglas DC-6 aircraft reportedly crashed during takeoff from an airstrip in northeastern Colombia.
Allegedly the aircraft crashed on take-off when it failed to clear trees. At least one occupant, a loader, was killed.
Exact date unknown, likely September or October 1981.
Sources:
Stef Bailis (E-mail Feb 20, 2016)
Images:
photo (c) Stef Bailis; Nassau International Airport (NAS/MYNN); September 1981
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