Barranquilla – Gamarra – Bogotá

On April 9, 1953 at 12:00 AM, Barranquilla – Gamarra – Bogotá experienced a crash involving Douglas C-54 Skymaster, operated by Avianca, with the event recorded near El Banco Magdalena.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On the leg from Barranquilla to Gamarra, the four engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located between the cities of El Banco and Curumaní, about 80 km north of Gamarra Airport. Both pilots, Cpt Santiago Paris (captain) and Cpt Guillermo Acevedo (copilot) were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-131, MSN 10374, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 8.9933°, -73.9705°.