Cali – Bogotá

On June 23, 1947 at 09:12 AM, Cali – Bogotá experienced a crash involving Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator, operated by Colombian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Colombiana, with the event recorded near Roncesvalles Tolima.

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

8 people were known to be on board, 8 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: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The twin engine aircraft left Cali at 0827LT on a routine flight to Bogotá-Techo Airport. Some 45 minutes into the flight, the crew encountered icing conditions and the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a mountainous area located near the village of Roncesvalles, about 50 km southwest of Ibagué. All eight occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 507, MSN 6708, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 4.0111°, -75.6052°.