Incident Overview
Date: Monday 24 June 1935
Aircraft Type: Ford 5-AT-D Tri-Motor
Owner/operator: SCADTA – Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transporte Areo
Registration Number: C-31
Location: Medell¡n-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) –
ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: Taxi
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: Aircraft (specifically the Tri-Motor engines and structural components of both aircraft).Aircraft (specifically the Tri-Motor engines and structural components of both aircraft).
Category: Accident
A devastating collision occurred at Medell¡n-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) in Colombia, resulting in the loss of seventeen lives. Two Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor passenger planes were destroyed, with a SACO aircraft striking a SCADTA Ford Tri-Motor. All seven occupants of the SCADTA plane perished, while ten of the 13 occupants of the SACO plane were also killed.A devastating collision occurred at Medell¡n-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) in Colombia, resulting in the loss of seventeen lives. Two Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor passenger planes were destroyed, with a SACO aircraft striking a SCADTA Ford Tri-Motor. All seven occupants of the SCADTA plane perished, while ten of the 13 occupants of the SACO plane were also killed.
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.
Primary Cause
Aircraft collision due to a swing-out takeoff run.Aircraft collision due to a swing-out takeoff run.Share on:
