Bogotá – Bucaramanga

On March 22, 1965 at 02:55 PM, Bogotá – Bucaramanga experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Avianca, with the event recorded near San Vicente del Caguán Caquetá.

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

29 people were known to be on board, 29 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 26, passenger fatalities: 26, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Flight 676 was a scheduled domestic flight from Eldorado Airport, Bogotá to Bucaramanga. It departed Bogotá at 1358 hours, local time. At 1450 hours it reported over Cimitarra at 9 000 ft in VMC, estimating Bucaramanga at 1510 hours. This was the last communication from the flight. When information of arrival was not received at the airport of destination, a state of alert was declared at 1522 hours and an emergency was subsequently declared at 1540 hours. The wreckage of the aircraft was located on 24 March at an altitude of approximately 7 200 ft on the peak known as Pan de Azucar, 35 NM from Bucaramanga on a magnetic bearing of 45'. The accident occurred at approximately 1455 hours. All 29 occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-109, MSN 4753, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 2.1131°, -74.7697°.