Neiva – San Vicente del Caguán – Puerto Rico – Florencia

On January 8, 1975 at 08:30 AM, Neiva – San Vicente del Caguán – Puerto Rico – Florencia experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by SATENA - Servicio de Aeronavegacion a Territorios Nacionales, with the event recorded near El Doncello Caquetá.

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

23 people were known to be on board, 23 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: 19, passenger fatalities: 19, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft was completing a flight from Neiva to Florencia with intermediate stops in San Vicente del Caguán and Puerto Rico, Caquetá. Few minutes after takeoff from Puerto Rico, while cruising in marginal weather conditions, the airplane crashed in a mountain terrain located near El Doncello. The aircraft was destroyed and all 23 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration FAC-688.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 1.6763°, -75.2829°.