La Pedrera – Leticia

On November 26, 1966 at 02:24 PM, La Pedrera – Leticia experienced a crash involving Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, operated by SATENA - Servicio de Aeronavegacion a Territorios Nacionales, with the event recorded near La Pedrera Amazonas.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 12 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 92.3%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 10, passenger fatalities: 9, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff from runway 33 at La Pedrera Airport, while in initial climb, the seaplane stalled and crashed into the Rio Caquetá. A passenger was rescued while 12 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration FAC-621.

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