Bogotá – Villavicencio – Orocué – Trinidad – Paz de Ariporo – Tablón de Támara – El Yopal – Aguazul – Tauramena – Monterrey – Apiay

On September 8, 1969 at 02:00 PM, Bogotá – Villavicencio – Orocué – Trinidad – Paz de Ariporo – Tablón de Támara – El Yopal – Aguazul – Tauramena – Monterrey – Apiay experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by SATENA - Servicio de Aeronavegacion a Territorios Nacionales, with the event recorded near Caño La Raya Meta.

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

35 people were known to be on board, 35 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: 32, passenger fatalities: 32, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. On the last leg of the trip NSE742 that originated from Bogotá, the crew started the descent when he encountered stormy weather (heavy rain falls, low clouds and turbulences). While approaching from the east, the airplane struck a rocky peak and crashed near Caño La Raya, some 55 km east of Apiay AFB. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 35 occupants were killed. Crew: Maj Eduardo Antonio Lozano, Lt Tirso Hernando Martinez, copilot, Aux Lupo Cieves.

Aircraft reference details include registration FAC-685-A.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 4.4236°, -73.1526°.