Last updated: 22 April 2019
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Wednesday 11 July 2018 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3C |
| Operator: | Air Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-3293 |
| C/n / msn: | 9186 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | San Felipe Airport ( Colombia)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Inírida-César Gaviria Trujillo Airport (PDA/SKPD), Colombia |
| San Felipe Airport, Colombia |
A Douglas DC-3C, registration HK-3293, sustained a runway excursion after landing at San Felipe Airport in Colombia.
Both propellers separated as the aircraft came to rest in a ditch besides the runway.
The aircraft carried humanitarian aid and several aid workers to San Felipe because of recent floodings in the region.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» CaracolPhotos
Video, social media
Milagrosamente 12 personas a bordo de este avión DC3, entre ellas 2 menores, se salvaron gracias a Dios y a la pericia del piloto. Aterrizó de emergencia al parecer x fallas del tren de aterrizaje y por las malas condiciones de la pista. El siniestro sucedió en San Felipe Guainía pic.twitter.com/53eiv0Lis8
— Luis Alfredo Zapata (@luchozapata07) 12 juli 2018
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 Inírida-César Gaviria Trujillo Airport to San Felipe Airport as the crow flies is 233 km (146 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Inírida-César Gaviria Trujillo Airport to San Felipe Airport as the crow flies is 233 km (146 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.
