Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 29 June 1948
Aircraft Type: Lockheed 18 Lodestar
Owner/operator: Sociedad Colombiana de Transportes Areos – SCOLTA
Registration Number: C-804
Location: Bogot -Techo –
ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Substantial, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: The aircraft’s flight control system.The aircraft’s flight control system.
Category: Accident
A C-408 aircraft experienced a rapid return to base due to technical issues and a wheels-up landing. The registration was identified as C-804, which aligns with previous Lodestar registrations and is consistent with a DC-3 history. The incident involved a wheels-up landing.A C-408 aircraft experienced a rapid return to base due to technical issues and a wheels-up landing. The registration was identified as C-804, which aligns with previous Lodestar registrations and is consistent with a DC-3 history. The incident involved a wheels-up landing.
Description
Returned shortly after take-off du to technical problems and made a wheels up landing. The registration was reported in local press as C-408 and C-804. The latter seems probably correct as this is in sequence with other Lodestars and because C-408 was reportedly used on a DC-3.
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4iobAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ckwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2787%2C96982, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oEUqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T0wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6119%2C6490251https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4iobAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ckwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2787%2C96982, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oEUqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T0wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6119%2C6490251Primary Cause
Technical issues caused a rapid return to base.Technical issues caused a rapid return to base.Share on:
