Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Oct 17, 1971 (19 killed)

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on October 17, 1971 near San Vicente del Caguán Caquetá, Colombia with 19 fatalities.

An Aerolineas TAO Douglas Skytrain carrying more than its permitted weight lost an engine shortly after rotation at San Vicente del Caguán. It stalled into trees about 800 meters past the runway end and burned, killing 19 occupants.

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