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| Date: | Monday 3 August 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-53 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | SATENA |
| Registration: | FAC-1128 |
| MSN: | 4824 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Cali-Palmaseca Airport (CLO) -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cali-Palmaseca Airport (CLO/SKCL) |
The C-53 transport plane carried out an emergency landing on a farm after suffering an engine failure during a test flight.
The accident occurred shortly after take-off from Cali-Palmaseca Airport, Colombia.
Sources:
Scramble
El Tiempo 4 August 1981, p6A
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