Mitú – Bogota

On January 31, 1942 at 12:00 AM, Mitú – Bogota experienced a crash involving Curtiss T-32 Condor II, operated by Colombian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Colombiana, with the event recorded near Villavicencio Meta.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

14 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 14 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 9, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route, the aircraft caught fire and the captain reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed in flames 26 km southeast of Villavicencio. While all 14 occupants escaped unhurt, the aircraft was destroyed by fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration 653, MSN 56, year of manufacture 1934.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 4.1487°, -73.6214°.