Statuts:	Enquête Officielle
Date:	25 MAI 1995
Heure:	15:15
Type/Sous-type:	Douglas DC-3C
Compagnie:	LACOL Colombia
Immatriculation:	HK-3213
Numéro de série:	25659
Année de Fabrication:	1944
Heures de vol:	15000
Moteurs:	2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Equipage:	victimes: 2 / à bord: 4
Passagers:	victimes: 3 / à bord: 9
Total:	victimes: 5 / à bord: 13
Dégats de l'appareil:	Détruit
Conséquences:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:	près de Miraflores Airport (MFS) (Colombie)
Phase de vol:	En approche (APR)
Nature:	Cargo
Aéroport de départ:	Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC/SKVV), Colombie
Aéroport de destination:	Miraflores Airport (MFS/SKMF), Colombie

Détails:
A Douglas DC-3C cargo plane was destroyed when crashed near Miraflores Airport (MFS), Colombia. Two crew members and three passengers were killed in the accident Two crew members and six passengers survived.
The airplane operated on a domestic flight from Villavicenco (VVC) carrying livestock and passengers. It was descending towards Miraflores when the nr.1 engine failed. In poor weather the airplane contacted trees and crashed. A fire erupted.
Investigation showed that the airplane was operated outside the centre of gravity limits with 30% MAC where the aft limit was 28%. Also, no records were found about the pilot's experience or training on DC-3 aircraft.

PROBABLE CAUSE (translated from original Spanish report):
The probable cause of this accident is the loss of lift, induced by explosions and fire in the left engine, problems that the pilot was unable to overcome because he was flying VFR in IMC.

Sources:
» Scramble 196(62)