6 fatalities

Charter Plane Disappears Over Colombia, Found 12 Years Later off Course (HK-1044)

Serranía del Baudó, ColombiaFlight

On June 13, 1975, a De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver (registration HK-1044) operated by Transportes Colombiana de Aviacion - TAVINA was involved in an aviation accident near Serranía del Baudó, Colombia in flight. 6 people were killed. This summary draws on records from the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives (B3A); 2 related events involving the same aircraft type or operator are linked below.

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A single-engine charter plane vanished 20 minutes after departing Juradó, Colombia. Search operations were suspended days later. Twelve years on, wreckage was discovered 100 km south of the intended route near Serranía del Baudó.

Disappearance

A single-engine airplane was conducting a charter flight from Turbo to Medellín with an intermediate stop in Juradó, Colombia. Approximately 20 minutes after departing from Juradó, the aircraft disappeared from radar. The pilot did not transmit any distress call prior to the loss of contact.

Search Efforts

When the airplane failed to arrive at its destination in Medellín, search and rescue (SAR) operations were initiated. However, after several days, the search was suspended as no trace of the aircraft or its six occupants had been found.

Discovery

Twelve years later, the wreckage was located in an isolated and uninhabited area near Serranía del Baudó. The site was approximately 100 kilometers south of the scheduled route between Juradó and Medellín.