Incident Overview
Date: Monday 24 June 1935
Aircraft Type: Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
Owner/operator: Servicio Areo Colombiano – SACO
Registration Number: F-31
Location: Medell¡n-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) –
ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 13
Component Affected: Aircraft (specifically the Tri-Motor F-31 and SCADTA Ford Tri-Motor)Aircraft (specifically the Tri-Motor F-31 and SCADTA Ford Tri-Motor)
Category: Accident
A devastating collision occurred at Medell¡n-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) in Colombia, resulting in the destruction of two Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor passenger planes and the deaths of seventeen occupants. A Tri-Motor F-31 aircraft operated by SACO swung off the runway during takeoff run and collided with a SCADTA Ford Tri-Motor taxiing towards the runway. Both aircraft ignited, and all seven occupants of the SCADTA plane were killed. Ten of the thirteen occupants of the SACO plane perished, including the pilot, singer Carlos Gardel, and lyricist Alfredo Le Pera.A devastating collision occurred at Medell¡n-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) in Colombia, resulting in the destruction of two Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor passenger planes and the deaths of seventeen occupants. A Tri-Motor F-31 aircraft operated by SACO swung off the runway during takeoff run and collided with a SCADTA Ford Tri-Motor taxiing towards the runway. Both aircraft ignited, and all seven occupants of the SCADTA plane were killed. Ten of the thirteen occupants of the SACO plane perished, including the pilot, singer Carlos Gardel, and lyricist Alfredo Le Pera.
Description
Two Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor passenger planes were destroyed in a collision at Medell¡n-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH), Colombia. Seventeen occupants were killed. Tri-Motor F-31, operated by SACO, swung off the runway during takeoff run and struck a SCADTA Ford Tri-Motor, registered C-31 that was taxiing towards the runway. Both aircraft caught fire. All seven on board the SCADTA plane were killed. Ten of 13 occupants of the SACO plane were killed. Among those killed on the SACO plane were: Capt Ernesto Samper Mendoza (pilot), Carlos Gardel (47, singer, actor), and Alfredo Le Pera (35, lyricist).
Primary Cause
Runway takeoff malfunction and collision between two aircraft.Runway takeoff malfunction and collision between two aircraft.Share on:
