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| Date: | Sunday 21 May 1933 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Junkers F13 |
| Owner/operator: | Patrulla de Fronteras (PF) |
| Registration: | 202 |
| MSN: | 543 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Río Putumayo, Caucayá -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Caucayá |
| Puerto Boy |
Floatplane on observation flight hit large tree and crashed into river after engine failure and subsequent emergency landing. Pilot Martin Hänichen (39), Heriberto Gil Martínez (29) and two colombian mechanics, Técnico Segunda Narciso Combariza and Técnico Tercera Rafael Fernández, killed. Mechanic Erich Rettich was rescued.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120206004357/http://www.ju-f13.de/F13/person.html
El Tiempo 24 May 1933, p1+13/25 May 1933, p1+p12
http://scadta.co/a-18_cucuta/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 January 1929 | A18 | COSADA | 0 | Bucaramanga, Santander | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Mar-2010 12:54 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Oct-2010 12:03 | TB | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Oct-2010 12:33 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 19-Nov-2013 20:50 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Dec-2013 16:08 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Dec-2013 15:55 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Apr-2014 15:35 | TB | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Dec-2023 19:28 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jan-2025 07:03 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 31-Mar-2025 13:18 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 31-Mar-2025 17:02 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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