CORAL Colombia Curtiss C-46A plane crash

The Curtiss C-46 operating in Colombia had just taken off when an engine problem was reported. The crew attempted to return to the airport for an emergency landing.

The aircraft was unable to reach the runway and crashed shortly after departure. The accident caused several fatalities, while some occupants survived. The historical sources consulted differ on the exact number of people on board and fatalities, and these figures should be reconciled with the database before publication.

Investigation findings

We did not identify a publicly accessible final Colombian investigation report containing enough information to assign a precise cause. The engine problem and the attempted return are part of the reported sequence, but the nature and origin of the failure, and any contributing factors, cannot be established reliably from the public information found.