Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 FEB 1990 |
| Type: | Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I |
| Operator: | Helicol Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-3315 |
| C/n / msn: | 24 |
| First flight: | 1959 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mt El Saludo (Colombia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Neiva Airport (NVA/SKNV), Colombia |
| Ibague-Perales Airport (IBE/SKIB), Colombia |
Struck high ground.
Sources:
» Eugene Register-Guard - Feb 6, 1990
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Neiva Airport to Ibague-Perales Airport as the crow flies is 164 km (102 miles).
Distance from Neiva Airport to Ibague-Perales Airport as the crow flies is 164 km (102 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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