Bogotá – Medellín - Quibdó

On December 8, 1956 at 07:05 AM, Bogotá – Medellín - Quibdó experienced a crash involving Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, operated by Agencia Interamericana de Aviación - AIDA Colombia, with the event recorded near Cáqueza Cundinamarca.

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

16 people were known to be on board, 14 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 87.5%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 10, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft departed Santa Cecilia Airport, Bogotá at 0647LT bound for Medellín and Quibdó, carrying a crew of 5 and 11 passengers. Take-off was made at a time when the airport was closed due to poor visibility. While flying on instruments a few moments after take-off, the starboard engine failed. The aircraft continued its flight over the Sabana de Bogotá for approximately 23 minutes, following which, while flying on a magnetic heading of approximately 280 degrees, it crashed violently (at approximately 0705LT) against the Quetame Hill located near Cáqueza, about 30 km southeast of Bogotá, at an elevation of 9,170 feet. The flight engineer and one passenger were injured while 14 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-133, MSN 21998, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 4.4062°, -73.9457°.