Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Mar 9, 1957 (15 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on March 9, 1957 near Tuluá Valle del Cauca, Colombia with 15 fatalities. Cause: The cause was instrument flight...
- Date: March 9, 1957
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Tuluá Valle del Cauca, Colombia
- Fatalities: 15
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The cause was instrument flight at an inadequate altitude.
An Avianca C 47 carrying 15 people left Condoto for Cali via Buenaventura on 9 March 1957, then stopped reporting after its departure call. Cali got no reply at 1037, and the wreckage was later found on a wooded mountain about 32 km west of Tuluá. All 15 occupants were killed.