ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320204
| Date: | Wednesday 14 October 2015 |
| Time: | 11:46 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | Microsurvey Aerogeofísica e Consultoria Cientifica |
| Registration: | PR-MIC |
| MSN: | 208B0841 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10519 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3,6 km NW of Yumbillo -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Cali-Alfonso Bonilla Aragón Airport (CLO/SKCL) |
| Cali-Alfonso Bonilla Aragón Airport (CLO/SKCL) | |
| Investigating agency: | Aerocivil |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan survey aircraft was destroyed when it impacted mountainous terrain near Yumbillo in Colombia. All three occupants were killed.
The aircraft, fitted with LIDAR equipment, operated on a VFR survey flight out of Cali. It took off at 11:39 hours and made a climbing turn to the left. Seven minutes after takeoff the aircraft impacted a wooded mountainside, coming to rest at an elevation of 6773 feet. The accident terrain shows a 60° up slope and thick vegetation.
Weather conditions included low clouds.
Probable cause: (translated from Spanish report)
Execution of a VFR flight in reduced visibility weather conditions.
Poor decision making by the crew in continuing VFR operation as they were in an environment of significantly reduced visibility.
Inadequate operational risk assessment due to the lack of familiarity of the foreign crew with the topography and meteorological evolution of the sector.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Aerocivil
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