Date:	Saturday 26 September 1953
Time:	11:10
Type:	Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A (PBY-5A)
Owner/operator:	Texaco
Registration:	HK-1510
MSN:	CV-257
Year of manufacture:	1943
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	N of Guarinocito -   Colombia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The Canso A flying boat collided with a Colombian Air Force Republic F-47D Thunderbolt (856) at 5000 feet. All three crew and the sole passenger of the Canso were killed. The fighter pilot bailed out and survived.
The Catalina operated a flight from Girardot to Puerto Boyacá. The F-47 was the leader of a formation that was engaged in a training flight out of captain Germán Olano Moreno Air Base.

Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers
El Tiempo 27 September 1953, p1+9/28 September 1953, p1+22

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