Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 NOV 1965 |
| Type: | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Operator: | Aeropesca Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-811 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Puerto Arturo (Colombia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Villavicencio Airport (VVC/SKVV), Colombia |
| Mitú Airport (MVP/SKMU), Colombia |
Contact with the flight was lost after the captain radioed that he would be performing a forced landing near Nare, on the right bank of the Rio Guaviare.
Sources:
» El Tiempo,06 Nov 1965
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Villavicencio Airport to Mitú Airport as the crow flies is 493 km (308 miles).
Distance from Villavicencio Airport to Mitú Airport as the crow flies is 493 km (308 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
