Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Mar 8, 1947 (9 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on March 8, 1947 near Villavicencio Meta, Colombia with 9 fatalities.
- Date: March 8, 1947
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Villavicencio Meta, Colombia
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
A VIARCO Douglas C 47 on a scheduled service from Villavicencio to Bogotá struck the slope of a mountain about 25 km northwest of the airport twelve minutes after takeoff, while climbing in poor weather. The wreckage was found four days later. All nine occupants, four crew and five passengers, were killed.