Date:	Friday 15 April 1938
Time:
Type:	Junkers W.34hi
Owner/operator:	Fuerza Aérea Colombiana (FAC)
Registration:	408
MSN:	J2833
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Caquetá Dept. -   Colombia
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Caucaya Airport
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
(4) 407 disappeared and 408 crashed "El Retiro", when caught fire after take-off from Caucaya Aerodrome, while in commercial service (5) killing the pilot, (3) but both were denied by Colombian Authorities. (1) Wreckage of a "german airplane W-408" found (again ?) at Caquetá 8 April 1962 during search for C-47 FAC673.

Note: (2) Junkers W.34 408 also reported with SCADTA as C-74 (ntu ?); c/n via Scramble

(2) Scramble
(4) Folha da Noite 20 April 1938
(1) El Tiempo 9 April 1962, p21
(4) http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/18112/?page=2
(4,3) La Nación (Santiago) 21 April 1938, p9
Aeroflight (cr near Retiro 3.38)
(5) El Deber (Arequipa) 20 April 1938, p6

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Apr-2014 20:30	TB	Added
09-May-2014 18:47	TB	Updated [Location, Narrative]
11-Apr-2015 18:00	TB	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
29-Jul-2015 18:27	TB	Updated [Date, Source, Narrative]
06-Sep-2016 19:39	TB	Updated [Source]
13-Jun-2023 06:16	TB	Updated [[Source]]
27-Nov-2023 14:16	TB	Updated [Source, Narrative]
28-Nov-2023 08:16	TB	Updated [Narrative]
28-Nov-2023 09:16	TB	Updated [Total fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative]
28-Nov-2023 14:42	TB	Updated [Cn, Narrative]