ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33384
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 18-JUL-1998 |
| Time: | 18:40 local |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1H |
| Operator: | Policia Nacional Colombia |
| Registration: | PNC-159 |
| C/n / msn: | 10940 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Neuva Colonia -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Turbo, Colombia |
| Carepa, Colombia |
On July 18, 1998, about 1840 local (equivalent of central daylight time), a Bell UH-1H helicopter, operated by the Colombian National Police (PNC), as PNC-159, crashed in a swampy/wooded area about 1 mile north of the village of Nueva Colonia. The two pilots, two flight crewmembers, and three passengers were fatally injured.
The passenger-transport flight from Turbo to Carepa, Colombia, had stopped at a soccer field at the Nueva Colonia. It remained turning for approximately 20 minutes, awaiting, according to witnesses, the passage of a weather system which included low visibility and thunder showers. The helicopter was observed to take off from the field, about the time of official sunset, in low visibility and low clouds. It then circled low level to the north of the field. Ground witnesses observed a lightning flash, and shortly thereafter heard the sound of impact.
Sources:
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001211X10618&key=1
http://www.bellhelicopter.com/MungoBlobs/802/70/potential.pdf
http://www.oocities.org/pentagon/6972/News.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Jan-2012 19:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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