San José del Guaviare - Bogotá

On November 13, 1980 at 01:38 PM, San José del Guaviare - Bogotá experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by SATENA - Servicio de Aeronavegacion a Territorios Nacionales, with the event recorded near San José del Guaviare Guaviare.

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

23 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 23 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 19, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. After takeoff from San José del Guaviare Airport, the crew declared an emergency following an engine failure. The captain attempted an emergency landing on Mt Las Lajas when the airplane crash landed eight minutes after takeoff. All 23 occupants escaped with minor injuries while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration FAC-1131.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 2.4600°, -72.4880°.