Florencia - Puerto Asís

On April 2, 1976 at 12:00 AM, Florencia - Puerto Asís experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by SATENA - Servicio de Aeronavegacion a Territorios Nacionales, with the event recorded near Puerto Asís Putumayo.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

16 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 11 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 31.3%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 14, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. On approach to Puerto Asís Airport, the crew encountered heavy rain falls when the airplane crashed into a lake located few km short of runway. A crew member and four passengers were killed while 11 other occupants were rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration FAC-676.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 0.2449°, -76.4210°.