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Crash of a Fokker Super Universal in Villeta: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 31, 1934 at 0900 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
C-48
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bogotá – Útica
MSN:
880
YOM:
1932
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot Henke was performing a cargo flight from Bogotá to Útica. En route, an engine failure forced the pilot to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft eventually crashed, killing the pilot.

Crash of a Junkers F.13 near Punta Bazán

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1934
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
C-32
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Buenaventura - Punta Bazán
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On approach to Punta Bazán, the single engine airplane named 'Pacifico' crashed in unknown circumstances. All five occupants, including the pilot Klein, were injured.

Crash of a Sikorsky S-38B in El Águila: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 10, 1934 at 1100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
C-46
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Quibdo - Cartago
MSN:
114-6
YOM:
1929
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Named 'Von Krohn', the seaplane aircraft was on its way from Quibdó to Cartago, in the province of Valle del Cauca. The crew maintained radio contact till 1055LT. Five minutes later, the aircraft impacted a mountain slope in the region of El Águila. SAR arrived on the scene two weeks later only because the aircraft crashed in an isolated and unreachable area. The passenger J. C. Zúniga Angel and the mechanic Haucke Notz were found dead in the cabin while the pilot Hans-Walter Geck and the radio operator Ernst Jahnke were found dead few km from the main wreckage. They probably walked away to find help but they died en route. Eventually, the passenger N. C. Marshall was found alive near the wreckage and later evacuated to a local hospital.
Crew:
Hans-Walter Geck, pilot, †
Haucke Notz, mechanic, †
Ernst Jahnke, radio operator. †
Passengers:
J. C. Zúniga Angel, †
N. C. Marshall.

Crash of a Junkers F.13 in Girardot

Date & Time: Feb 18, 1933
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
C-36
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Girardot – Puerto Berrío
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from the Rio Magdalena in Girardot, the float plane impacted a wall and crashed. All four occupants were injured while the aircraft named 'Garcia Rovira' was destroyed.
Crew:
Mr. Klein, pilot +1.
Passengers:
L. S. Nilsson +1.

Crash of a Sikorsky S-38B in Colombia

Date & Time: Dec 31, 1932
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
C-45
Country:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Colombia. The exact date of the mishap remains unknown, somewhere in 1932. The airplane was named 'Ernesto Cortissoz'.

Crash of a Fokker Super Universal in La Mesa: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 15, 1932 at 1016 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
C-44
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Girardot – Bogotá
MSN:
828
YOM:
1931
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane named 'Medellín' crashed in unknown circumstances in La Mesa, some 50 km west of Bogotá, while performing a cargo flight from Girardot. The passenger and the pilot Günther Klotz were killed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth in Cali: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 16, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
C-39
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Cali - Cali
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was supposed to drop promotion materials over the area of Cali. En route, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in unknown circumstances. The airplane named 'Garza' was destroyed and both crew members were killed, among them pilot von Burchardt.

Crash of a Junkers F.13 in Girardot

Date & Time: May 16, 1929
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
C-30
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The takeoff procedure was performed during the evening from the Magdalena River. Thus, the visibility was limited. During the takeoff roll, the seaplane named 'Chocó' hit a sandbar and came to rest upside down. While six people were slightly injured, a passenger, Mr. Juan de J. Gutiérrez, drowned. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.