Girardot – Puerto Boy

On June 19, 1933 at 12:00 AM, Girardot – Puerto Boy experienced a crash involving Junkers W.34, operated by Colombian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Colombiana, with the event recorded near Río Caguán Caquetá.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew departed Girardot on a flight to Puerto Boy. En route, weather conditions deteriorated with thunderstorm activity. The crew attempted an emergency landing in the Caguán River when the floatplane crashed. Both crew members were injured and rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration 402, MSN 2572, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 2.4068°, -74.8195°.