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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:R4D-7
    Last Military Serial:99826 USN
    Construction Number:16357
    Last Civil Registration:HK-2494
    Latest Owner or Location:LASER Aereo Colombia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TC-47B-30-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-76773.

    New construction number, 33105, assigned to the airframe.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 99826 as a R4D-7.

    Circa 6 August 1980

    Certificate of airworthiness for N87611 (C-47, 99826) issued.

    6 August 1980

    To Freedom Export Inc, Miami, FL with c/r N87611.

    29 October 1980

    Civil registration, N87611, cancelled.

    To unknown owner with c/r HK-2494X.

    To unknown owner with c/r HK-2494.

    To Vanguardia, Villavicencio, Meta.
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    3 March 2008


    Photographer: Peter Luke
    Notes: At Villavicencio in Colombia

    11 March 2011


    Photographer: Alec Wilson
    Notes: Douglas DC3 seen at Villavicencio-Vanguardia,Colombia. Photo displayed with written permission of Alec Wilson

    Circa 9 March 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for HK-2494 (Douglas DC-3, 33105/16357) issued.

    By 9 March 2019

    To LASER Aereo Colombia with c/r HK-2494.

    9 March 2019

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was a loss. There were 14 fatalities. There were 27,308 hours on the airframe at the time. The domestic non scheduled passenger flight departed San Jose del Guaviare-Jorge E. Gonzalez T. Airport (SJE/SKSJ), Colombia and was destined for Villavicencio Airport (VVC/SKVV), Colombia. The accident occurred at Finca La Bendicion, San Martin (Colombia) while en route. Narrative: The DC-3 aircraft with registration HK2494, operated by LASER, was prepared to make a non-scheduled passenger flight between Taraira Airport (SKTR) and the aerodrome Villavicencio (SKVV) in Colombia...
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