Madrid – Puerto Leguízamo – Leticia

On October 9, 1951 at 12:00 AM, Madrid – Puerto Leguízamo – Leticia experienced a crash involving Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, operated by Colombian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Colombiana, with the event recorded near Puerto Leguizamo Putumayo.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 10.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. While taking off from the Río Putumayo in Puerto Leguízamo, the seaplane hit a sand bank and crashed. A pilot was killed while all other occupants were rescued. The airplane was performing a flight from the Madrid AFB in Bogotá to Leticia with several intermediate stops en route, carrying mail, equipment and army personnels.

Aircraft reference details include registration FAC-616.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -0.0076°, -75.1857°.