Bogotá – Tres Esquinas

On March 13, 1957 at 12:00 AM, Bogotá – Tres Esquinas experienced a crash involving Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, operated by Colombian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Colombiana, with the event recorded near Natagaima Tolima.

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

12 people were known to be on board, 12 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

Struck a mountain near Natagaima, Tolima, while on a flight from Bogotá to Tres Esquinas. As the airplane failed to arrive at destination, SAR operations were conducted. The wreckage was found eleven days later, on March 24. All 12 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration FAC-620.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 3.6242°, -75.0931°.