Douglas DC-6 crash, Jul 24, 1985 (80 killed), Leticia
Douglas DC-6 accident on July 24, 1985 near Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia with 80 fatalities. Cause: Failure of engine number 3 for undetermined reasons,...
- Date: July 24, 1985
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
- Location: Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia
- Fatalities: 80
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Failure of engine number 3 for undetermined reasons, followed by fire spreading to the right wing.
Colombian Air Force DC-6B FAC-902, flying a scheduled Leticia to Bogota service on behalf of Avianca, declared an emergency after engine 3 caught fire shortly after takeoff from Leticia on 24 July 1985. The fire spread to the right wing and the aircraft crashed in jungle about 32 km north of the airport, killing all 80 people aboard.