ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324708
| Date: | Tuesday 9 May 1995 |
| Time: | 16:35 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | COINCO - Cooperativa Interregional de Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-3079-G |
| MSN: | 22538 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 21406 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-83AM12 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5,1 km N of Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC) -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Mitú Airport (MVP/SKMU) |
| Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC/SKVV) | |
| Investigating agency: | Aerocivil |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After a flight from Mitu, the C-46 arrived near Villavicencio at about 16:30 LT. The crew were cleared for a circling approach to runway 04. Weather was poor at the time of the approach. There was heavy rain with a visibility of 1000 m. After passing the Missed Approach Point the crew did not see the runway and began to manoeuvre in the area in order to obtain visual contact with the runway. The airplane wandered over mountainous terrain until it struck the side of a hill and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
Human factor in operational decisions involving the loss of situational awareness of the crew, departing from the standard approach procedures, in this case (VOR-DME, NDB Rwy 04/22,) to find the runway that is very close to the mountain range in low visibility conditions.
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
Restricted visibility of the VOR at the runway and locally, mainly at the 22 treshold and to the NNE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Scramble 195(52)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Karl Krämer, via Werner Fischdick; Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC); January 1995
photo (c) Karl Krämer, via Werner Fischdick; Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC); August 1991
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