Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 26 September 1953
Aircraft Type: Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A (PBY-5A)
Owner/operator: Texaco
Registration Number: HK-1510
Location: N of Guarinocito –
ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: Canso A flying boatCanso A flying boat
Category: Accident
A Canso A flying boat collided with a Colombian Air Force Republic F-47D Thunderbolt (856) at 5000 feet, resulting in the deaths of all three crew and the sole passenger. The fighter pilot escaped the engagement.A Canso A flying boat collided with a Colombian Air Force Republic F-47D Thunderbolt (856) at 5000 feet, resulting in the deaths of all three crew and the sole passenger. The fighter pilot escaped the engagement.
Description
The Canso A flying boat collided with a Colombian Air Force Republic F-47D Thunderbolt (856) at 5000 feet. All three crew and the sole passenger of the Canso were killed. The fighter pilot bailed out and survived. The Catalina operated a flight from Girardot to Puerto Boyac . The F-47 was the leader of a formation that was engaged in a training flight out of captain Germ n Olano Moreno Air Base.
Primary Cause
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