SADELCA explained

Airline:	SADELCA
Fleet Size:	3
Icao:	SDK
Callsign:	SADELCA
Headquarters:	Bogotá, Colombia
Bases:	El Dorado International Airport

SADELCA Ltda. (Spanish acronym: Sociedad Aérea Del Caquetá) is a cargo airline based at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia.^[1]

Fleet

Current fleet

, SADELCA operates the following aircraft:^[2]

• 1 Antonov An-26B-100
• 1 Antonov An-32B
• 1 Douglas DC-3D

Former fleet

SADELCA formerly operated the following aircraft:

• Douglas C-47 Skytrain
• Douglas C-54 Skymaster
• Douglas DC-3C
• Douglas DC-4

Accidents and incidents

• On January 27, 1978, Douglas DC-3D HK-1351 crashed into a mountain at Cerro Granada, Caquetá, Colombia,^[3] killing all twelve people on board. The altitude of the crash site is 6800feet, and the mountain was obscured by clouds at the time. The aircraft was on a scheduled passenger flight.^[4]
• On August 11, 1981, a Douglas DC-4 (HK-136) had to make an emergency landing on the flight from Florencia to Neiva.^[5] The machine was damaged beyond repair. No one was harmed.^[6]

Notes and References

1. SADELCA website http://www.sadelca.com/default.htm
2. https://airlinehistory.co.uk/airline/sadelca-sociedad-aerea-del-caqueta/ airlinehistory.co.uk
3. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%200190.html Flight International, 20 January 1979, p184.
4. Web site: HK-1351 Accident description . Aviation Safety Network . 1 August 2010.
5. Web site: Descripción del Accidente ASN 11 AUG 1981 Douglas DC-4 HK-136 - . 2023-01-25 . aviation-safety.net.
6. https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810811-0 Unfallbericht DC-4 HK-136