SATENA Flight 8849
SEARCA [es] on behalf of SATENA Beechcraft 1900D · Crashed; under investigation
From Camilo Daza International Airport (CUC) to Aguas Claras Airport (OCV)
Event
- NTSB case
- DCA26WA105
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Preliminary · DIACC preliminary report, 16 Feb 2026
- Event fatalities
- 15 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 15
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 0 serious · 0 minor (NTSB)
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Charter & commuter
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Not recorded
Beechcraft 1900D
- Flight
- 9R8849
- Aircraft type
- Beechcraft 1900
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- HK-4709
- Operator
- SEARCA [es] on behalf of SATENA
- Onboard fatalities
- 15
- Route
- From Camilo Daza International Airport (CUC)To Aguas Claras Airport (OCV)
- Aircraft age
- About 31 years (built 1995)
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Part 129: Foreign
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- En route
- Defining eventThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Controlled flight into terrain/object (CFIT)
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Destroyed
Cause areas
No findings designated as a cause are recorded in the NTSB data yet.
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
On 28 January 2026, SATENA Flight 8849, a scheduled domestic flight in Colombia from Camilo Daza International Airport in Cúcuta to Aguas Claras Airport in Ocaña, crashed in Curasica, Playa de Belén, Norte de Santander. The Beechcraft 1900 operating the flight was carrying 13 passengers and two crew members. All 15 occupants were killed.
Accident
The plane took off from Camilo Daza International Airport in Cúcuta at 16:42 UTC. The last contact was made at 16:54 UTC near the Venezuelan border. The wreckage was discovered in a rugged, densely covered area of the Cordillera Oriental known as Curasica in Playa de Belén. The plane was completely destroyed upon impact and no survivors were reported. The tail section and a chunk of fuselage remained intact.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The accident is being investigated by the Colombian Civil Aviation Authority. A preliminary report was released on 10 February.
Text from the Wikipedia article “SATENA Flight 8849” (revision 1359333796, retrieved 2026-09-18) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out. Read the article
Sources
Wikipedia article: SATENA Flight 8849
- Article
- SATENA Flight 8849
- Revision
- 1359333796 · 2026-06-14 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q137921022
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
NTSB record DCA26WA105
- Event ID
- 20260129202359
- Case number
- DCA26WA105
- Dataset
- full-current
- Source SHA-256
- 5cf380f0061817c0331a6b2d8cc7e0ee3a79bea469a1001dc5c10e56f35f5ab3
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "SATENA Flight 8849" (page 82254642, revision 1359333796); merged with NTSB case DCA26WA105 (events / aircraft)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date; matches the Dirección Técnica de Investigación de Accidentes Aéreos (DIACC), Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia preliminary report
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports); gaps and aircraft details from NTSB record DCA26WA105
- Operation
- Dirección Técnica de Investigación de Accidentes Aéreos (DIACC), Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia preliminary report
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities; matches the Dirección Técnica de Investigación de Accidentes Aéreos (DIACC), Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia preliminary report
- Ground fatalities
- Wikipedia: not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (3)
- One occurrence in two sources, merged: the Wikipedia article "SATENA Flight 8849" and NTSB case DCA26WA105, matched by the same aircraft registration and date. For this event outside the United States Wikipedia's values are used where the two differ; each value names its source.
- No bulk values were replaced by the NTSB case API.
- Checked against the Dirección Técnica de Investigación de Accidentes Aéreos (DIACC), Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia preliminary report (2026-02-16) on 2026-09-18. The report states the same date, fatalities, registration, departure, destination and damage. Taken from the report: type of operation. Not checked: place, crash-site coordinates, flight number, aircraft type, operator and ground fatalities.