Barranquilla – Convención – El Tarra

On April 15, 1939 at 12:00 AM, Barranquilla – Convención – El Tarra experienced a crash involving Ford 5, operated by South American Gulf Oil Company, with the event recorded near El Carmen Norte de Santander.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

Both pilots were killed when the three engine aircraft hit a mountain while performing a flight from Convención to El Tarra, province of Norte de Santander.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC8411, MSN 5-AT-049, year of manufacture 8.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 8.5108°, -73.4468°.