| Date: | Tuesday 1 February 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | Agencia Interamericana de Aviación - AIDA |
| Registration: | HK-1000E |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | La Pedrera Airport (LPD) -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Mitú Airport (MVP/SKMU) |
| La Pedrera Airport (LPD/SKLP) |
The PBY-5 Catalina amphibian departed Bogotá on a mail and cargo flight to La Pedrera, Colombia. Intermediate stops were planned at Apia and Mitú.
The Catalina crashed on landing in the Río Caquetá River.
Sources:
El Tiempo 2-2-1955
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