Incident Douglas C-54 (DC-4) N.....,
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Date:Sunday 18 May 1980
Time:evening
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-54 (DC-4)
Owner/operator:
Registration: N.....
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:off Manaure, Guajira -   Colombia
Phase: En route
Nature:Illegal Flight
Departure airport:beach at Manaure, Guajira (18:30)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed in sea in flames few minutes after take-off from mariuana airstrip on beach. Type given as "DC-4" and registration as "N...A." in newspaper. Possible DC-4 N122AC Southern Aero Trades reported as destroyed 1981 in Colombia or DC-7CF N8219H Aero Services Corp reported as shot down on smuggling flight in 1980.

Sources:

El Tiempo 19 May 1980, p9B
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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-May-2014 09:39 TB Added
22-May-2014 09:42 TB Updated [Registration, Location, Departure airport]

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