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| Date: | Friday 8 August 2014 |
| Time: | 17:05 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-260 Pawnee |
| Owner/operator: | Sanidad Vegetal Cruz Verde |
| Registration: | HK-1680 |
| MSN: | 25-7556062 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Venadillo, Tolima -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Finca Boluga |
| Finca Boluga | |
| Investigating agency: | Aerocivil |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed in a field. The right hand wing and the engine broke off after impacting the ground.
Probable cause(s)
The Accident and Incident Investigation Group estimates that the probable cause of the accident was due to the Fragile Type Fracture in the sheet that joins the baton to the torque tube, attributed to a Material Fatigue phenomenon, which triggered the loss of control of the aircraft.
Contributing Factors
A high number of bending load cycles were imposed on the sheet of the torque tube through the lateral movement of the baton.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
GRIAA
http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/autoridad-de-la-aviacion-civil/investigacion/Histricos%20Accidentes/ACCID%20HK1680.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 January 1970 | HK-1680 | Agro Sanidad Vegetal-Cruz Verde | 0 | Ibague | |
w/o |
Media:
@GRIAA_COL investigación campo ACCID 22:00Z 08/08/14 HK1680 PA25 lesiones graves @TrafficAirColom @AviationSafety pic.twitter.com/v8GHXq5Zgz
— GRIAA (@GRIAA_COL) August 9, 2014
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Aug-2014 14:41 | harro | Added |
| 09-Aug-2014 15:08 | harro | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 12-Jul-2020 07:47 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
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