Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 23 JUN 2012 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Operator: | Ejército Nacional de Colombia |
| Registration: | EJC-1131 |
| C/n / msn: | 208B-1199 |
| First flight: | 2007 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near La Leona,Tocaima, Cundinamarca department (Colombia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Melgar-Tolemaida Air Base (SKTI), Colombia |
| Saravena-Los Colonizadores Airport (RVE/SKSA), Colombia |
An Ejército Nacional de Colombia (Colombian Army) Cessna 208B Grand Caravan took off from Fuerte Tolemaida Air Base - SKTI, Melgar, and crashed near La Leona,Tocaima, Cundinamarca department, about 35 km from SKTI.
All four occupants were killed
Sources:
» Ejército Nacional de Colombia
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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 Melgar-Tolemaida Air Base to Saravena-Los Colonizadores Airport as the crow flies is 430 km (269 miles).
Distance from Melgar-Tolemaida Air Base to Saravena-Los Colonizadores Airport as the crow flies is 430 km (269 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.
