Statuts:	Enquête Officielle
Date:	09 MAI 1995
Heure:	16:35
Type/Sous-type:	Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando
Compagnie:	COINCO - Cooperativa Interregional de Colombia
Immatriculation:	HK-3079G
Numéro de série:	22538
Année de Fabrication:	1945
Heures de vol:	21406
Moteurs:	2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-83AM12
Equipage:	victimes: 2 / à bord: 2
Passagers:	victimes: 7 / à bord: 7
Total:	victimes: 9 / à bord: 9
Dégats de l'appareil:	Détruit
Conséquences:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:	5,1 km (3.2 milles) N of Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC) (Colombie)
Phase de vol:	En approche (APR)
Nature:	Cargo
Aéroport de départ:	Mitú Airport (MVP/SKMU), Colombie
Aéroport de destination:	Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC/SKVV), Colombie

Détails:
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 1000m. 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.

Sources:
» Scramble 195(52)