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) |
Destination airport: | Málaga Airport (SKLA) |
Investigating agency: | Aerocivil |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative: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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Investigating agency: | Aerocivil |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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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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min |
Hijack |
Location
Images:
photo (c) Karl Krämer, via Werner Fischdick; Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC); August 1991
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