We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
En route from Barranquilla to Pereira on a cargo flight, the crew informed ATC about the failure of the left engine and was cleared to divert to Barrancabermeja-Yariguíes Airport for an emergency landing. On approach, while completing a last turn to the side of the dead engine, the crew lost control of the airplane that stalled and crashed in a field located 3 km from the runway 03 threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and both pilots were killed. Probable cause (official findings): Failure of
Curtiss C-46 Commando · 2 fatalities