Girardot - Puerto Wilches

On September 3, 1926 at 12:00 AM, Girardot - Puerto Wilches experienced a crash involving Junkers F.13, operated by SCADTA - Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transportes Aéreos, with the event recorded near Puerto Wilches Santander.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

Upon landing on the Rio Magdalena off Puerto Wilches, the seaplane named 'Caldas' went out of control and sank. All four occupants were injured while the aircraft was destroyed. Crew: Oswald Schütz, pilot, Fritz Wülfert, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration A-10, MSN 615, year of manufacture 1921.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 7.3480°, -73.8980°.