Mid-Air Collision Involving a Canso and a Colombian Air Force F-47D Thunderbolt (HK-1510)

Incident Overview and Aircraft Involved During a routine flight at an altitude of 5,000 feet, a Canso aircraft was struck by a Colombian Air Force Republic F-47D Thunderbolt. The fighter aircraft carried the registration number 856. The Canso was operating in the vicinity when the mid-air collision occurred, resulting in immediate loss of control for the Canso. The F-47D Thunderbolt was part of a Colombian Air Force operation involving multiple similar fighter aircraft. The specific registration of the Canso was not provided in the available source material, and no further details regarding its operator or exact flight mission were stated. The collision took place while both aircraft were in flight, with the Canso at a cruising altitude of 5,000 feet at the time of impact. The F-47D had departed from Germán Olano Moreno Airbase in Puerto Salgar as part of a combined exercise with other similar fighters. The nature of the Canso's flight operations at the time of the collision was not specified in the source. The collision resulted in the Canso entering an uncontrolled dive toward the ground. The aircraft impacted terrain in a field located near Guarinocito. All four occupants of the Canso were killed in the crash. The pilot of the F-47D Thunderbolt was able to bail out from the fighter following the collision. The fighter pilot was later recovered alive. The source does not provide additional details regarding the cause of the collision, the specific date of the incident, or the exact location of the crash site beyond the field near Guarinocito. No further information about the investigation findings or probable cause was included in the available source material.