Bucaramanga – Florencia – Bogotá

On January 9, 1974 at 04:40 PM, Bucaramanga – Florencia – Bogotá experienced a crash involving Avro 748, operated by SATENA - Servicio de Aeronavegacion a Territorios Nacionales, with the event recorded near Florencia Caquetá.

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

32 people were known to be on board, 32 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: 29, passenger fatalities: 29, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Ten minutes after takeoff from Florencia-Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport, while climbing in marginal weather conditions, the twin engine airplane struck the slope of Mt Gabinete (3,500 meters high) located about 34 km northwest of Florencia. The wreckage was found in a wooded 200 meters below the summit and all 32 occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration FAC-1103, MSN 1704, year of manufacture 1971.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 1.5694°, -75.6206°.