Bogotá – Villavicencio – Mitú – La Pedrera

On January 31, 1955 at 12:00 AM, Bogotá – Villavicencio – Mitú – La Pedrera experienced a crash involving Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, operated by Agencia Interamericana de Aviación - AIDA Colombia, with the event recorded near La Pedrera Amazonas.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 62.5%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Bogotá to La Pedrera with intermediate stop at Apiay AFB in Villavicencio and Mitú, carrying four passagers, four crew members, mail and various goods. While trying to land on the Río Caqueta near La Pedrera, the seaplane crashed into the river. All four passengers and a crew member were killed while three other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-1000E.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -1.1951°, -70.0888°.