- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: December 08, 1956
Time: 0705
Location: Caqueta, Colombia
Operator: AIDA
Flight #: ?
Route: Bogota - Medellin - Quibdo
AC Type: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
Registration: HK-133
cn / ln: ?
Aboard: 16   (passengers:11  crew:5)
Fatalities: 14   (passengers:10  crew:4)
Ground: 0
Summary: The starboard engine failed shortly after takoff and the plane crash into Quetame Hill, 25km northwest of Santa Cecilia Airport. Complete failure of the starboard engine due to the breakdown of the lubricating system. Recklessness of the pilot in taking off from a closed airport while aware of the poor weather conditions. The aircraft was also overloaded.
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