Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 06 JUN 2005 |
| Time: | 07:40 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3A |
| Operator: | Transportes Aéreos del Ariari - TARI |
| Registration: | HK-3462 |
| C/n / msn: | 11759 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 28 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 2 km (1.3 mls) W of Miraflores Airport (MFS) (Colombia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Miraflores Airport (MFS/SKMF), Colombia |
| San Jose del Guaviare-Jorge E. González T. Airport (SJE/SKSJ), Colombia |
The DC-3 aircraft was chartered by the army to fly 25 soldiers from Miraflores (MFS) to San Jose del Guaviare (SJE) and Villavicencio (VCE). Shortly after takeoff the nr.1 engine caught fire. The pilot could not maintain control and a crash-landing was carried out.
Events:
Sources:
» El Tiempo
» Aeronautica Civil, Informe Preliminar 200509
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Map
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 Miraflores Airport to San Jose del Guaviare-Jorge E. González T. Airport as the crow flies is 156 km (98 miles).
Distance from Miraflores Airport to San Jose del Guaviare-Jorge E. González T. Airport as the crow flies is 156 km (98 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.
