Medellín – Quibdó – Bahía Solano – Buenaventura – Cali

On January 21, 1972 at 10:30 AM, Medellín – Quibdó – Bahía Solano – Buenaventura – Cali experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by SATENA - Servicio de Aeronavegacion a Territorios Nacionales, with the event recorded near Mt San Nicolás Antioquia.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

39 people were known to be on board, 39 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: 35, passenger fatalities: 35, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. En route from Mdellín to Quibdó, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with limited visibility due to clouds. While cruising at an altitude of 12,500 feet, the airplane struck the slope of Mt San Nicolas (3,800 meters) located southwest of Betania. The wreckage was found four days later, on January 25. All 39 occupants were killed, among them civilians.

Aircraft reference details include registration FAC-661.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 6.3332°, -75.3495°.