Bogotá – Bucaramanga

On October 17, 1965 at 12:00 AM, Bogotá – Bucaramanga experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by Avianca, with the event recorded near Bucaramanga Santander.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

15 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 12 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 20.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 12, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

While approaching Bucaramanga-Gomez Niño Airport from the north, the Dakota collided with a private Piper PA-18A Super Cub registered HK-922P. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near the Las Terrazas residential area. All 15 occupants on board the DC-3 and the pilot of the PA-18 were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-118, MSN 6182, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 7.0975°, -73.1220°.