Tarapaca – Tres Esquinas

On August 27, 1941 at 03:20 PM, Tarapaca – Tres Esquinas experienced a crash involving Ford 5, operated by Colombian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Colombiana, with the event recorded near Tarapacá Amazonas.

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

16 people were known to be on board, 16 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 13, passenger fatalities: 13, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after take off from Tarapaca Airport, bound for Tres Esquinas, the aircraft caught fire and crashed in a dense wooded area located few km from the airport. Rescuers arrived on the scene 2 days and a half later and all 16 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 644, MSN 5-AT-089, year of manufacture 10.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -2.4520°, -70.3335°.