We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
June 9, 1950AccidentHull loss
On the evening of June 9, 1950, a Douglas DC-3 operated by the New Tribes Mission crashed and burned on the northeasterly end of the Serrania de Valledupar mountain range, approximately 19 miles east-northeast of Fonseca, Colombia. All 12 passengers and three crew members were killed, and the aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire.
**The flight**
The aircraft, N-16030, was transporting missionaries, mission staff, and their families to Venezuela. The crew consisted of pilot William P. Wethe
Douglas DC-3 · 15 fatalities