Bogota – Bucaramanga – Cúcuta

On February 29, 1940 at 10:00 AM, Bogota – Bucaramanga – Cúcuta experienced a crash involving Boeing 247, operated by SCADTA - Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transportes Aéreos, with the event recorded near Tona Santander.

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

11 people were known to be on board, 11 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: 9, passenger fatalities: 9, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and the pilot did not realize he was flying too low. The twin engine aircraft christened 'Quesada' hit a mountain near Tona, northeast of Bucaramanga and was destroyed. All eleven occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-79, year of manufacture 1937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 7.2023°, -72.9662°.