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| Date: | Monday 23 May 2011 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  Bell 206L-3 LongRanger III |
| Owner/operator: | Avieco |
| Registration: | HK-4448 |
| MSN: | 51479 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | El Alto, Lourdes, Norte de Santander -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Bucaramanga |
| Sardinata | |
| Investigating agency: | Aerocivil |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Crashed on farm La Aguavita.
Both occupants were killed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.aviacol.net/accidentes-incidentes/accidente-de-helicoptero-en-norte-de-santander.html
https://www.laopinion.com.co/noticias/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=373631&Itemid=33
http://www.tuavion.com/es/anuncios/helicopteros/hk-4448.html (photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 April 1997 | HB-XJL | Air Glaciers SA | 0 | Glacier du Trient, VS |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-May-2011 04:36 | TB | Added |
| 24-May-2011 04:39 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 24-May-2011 04:57 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 24-Oct-2018 07:06 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 24-Oct-2018 07:07 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
| 24-Oct-2018 07:08 | harro | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
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