Bogotá – Neiva – San Vicente del Caguán – Florencia

On March 28, 1985 at 09:50 AM, Bogotá – Neiva – San Vicente del Caguán – Florencia experienced a crash involving Fokker F28 Fellowship, 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 landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

46 people were known to be on board, 46 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 40, passenger fatalities: 40, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. En route from San Vicente del Caguán to Florencia, the last leg of the trip, the crew was informed that the Florencia-Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport was closed to traffic due to insufficient visibility caused by dense fog. Nevertheless, the crew attempted an approach and initiated a descent. The last radio contact was recorded 10 minutes prior to the accident when the aircraft was at an altitude of 3,600 feet. On final, the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain shrouded in clouds and located 15 km from the airport. The aircraft was totally destroyed upon impact and all 46 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration FAC-1140, MSN 11165, year of manufacture 1981.

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