Medellin - Bogotá

On June 24, 1935 at 02:58 PM, Medellin - Bogotá experienced a crash involving Ford 5, operated by Servicio Aéreo Colombiano - SACO, with the event recorded near Medellín Antioquia.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 76.9%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. While taking off from Medellin-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport, aircraft swerved on runway, veered off and collided with a Ford 5 of SCADTA that was taxiing for departure. Both aircraft were destroyed by fire and several explosions. All seven occupants aboard the Ford of SCADTA were killed as aboard the SACO's Ford, ten occupants were killed as three others were injured. Crew: Ernesto Samper Mendoza, pilot and founder of SACO, and one copilot. Passenger: Henry Schwartz, Guillermo Barbieri, Caledonio Palacios, Alfredo Le Pera, Carlos Gardel, 'The King of Tango', Grant Y. Flynn, José Aguilar, Domingo Riverol, Alfonso Azaff 1. José Plaja.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-31, MSN 5-AT-006, year of manufacture 22.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 6.2273°, -75.5720°.