ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323763
| Date: | Thursday 8 April 1999 |
| Time: | 11:40 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Aerotaca Colombia - Aerotransportes Casanare |
| Registration: | HK-2760 |
| MSN: | 777 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 34074 hours |
| Cycles: | 52799 flights |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 11 km SW of Málaga Airport -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bucaramanga-Palo Negro Airport (BGA/SKBG) |
| Málaga Airport (SKLA) | |
| Investigating agency: | Aerocivil |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Twin Otter was on a flight from Bucaramanga to Málaga, Colombia. At 11:33 the pilot reported ten minutes out of Malaga. This was the last radio contact with the flight. The aircraft was found to have crashed into the fog-shrouded Cerro La Carbonera at 8100 feet amsl .
Weather at Bucaramanga at 11:00 was temperature 20 deg C; 1017 mB, wind calm with drizzle and fog. The accident site is 8 km off the procedural descent pattern.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
The crew's decision to remain in VMC flight conditions under IMC (Instrument meteorological conditions) in a mountainous area including the final approach where operation was required under strict visual flight rules and regulations.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
El Espectador
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 May 1992 | HK-2760 | Aerotaca Colombia - Aerotransportes Casanare | 3 | rural airstrip near Caño | |
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| Hijack | ||||||
Location
Images:
photo (c) Karl Krämer, via Werner Fischdick; Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC); August 1991
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