ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 180132
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| Date: | Saturday 3 October 2015 |
| Time: | 12:12 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-325 Navajo C/R |
| Owner/operator: | El Caminante Air S.A. |
| Registration: | HK-3909-G |
| MSN: | 31-7612070 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hipodromo de los Andes, Chia, Cundinamarca -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bogotá-Guaymaral Airport, Bogata (SKGY) |
| Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport, Medellín (SKMD) | |
| Investigating agency: | Aerocivil |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On October 3, 2015, about 1715 UTC, a Piper PA-31-325, Colombian registration HK3909G, registered to and operated by El Caminante Air S.A., collided with a structure then rolled inverted during a forced landing in a field near Hipodromo de los Andes, Chia, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was filed for the non-U.S., non-commercial flight from Guaymaral Airport (SKGY), Bogota, Colombia, to Olaya Herrera Airport (SKMD), Medellin, Colombia. The airplane was destroyed by impact and a post-crash fire. The commercial pilot and one passenger were fatally injured, and one passenger sustained minor injuries. The flight originated about 2 minutes earlier from SKGY.
According to the Colombia investigator-in-charge, about 2 minutes after takeoff, the pilot declared an emergency and advised the controller that he intended to perform an emergency landing to a field that was in sight. During approach to the field, the airplane collided with structure, rolled inverted, and collided with terrain. A post-crash fire occurred.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: ERA16WA002 at https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/current/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20151005X12529&ntsbno=ERA16WA002&akey=1
2. https://www.bluradio.com/112090/una-avioneta-cayo-en-el-norte-de-bogota-al-parecer-con-tres-pasajeros-bordo_
3. http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/autoridad-de-la-aviacion-civil/investigacion/Listado%20de%20accidentes%202015/HK3909G.pdf
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20161010204209/http://www.baaa-acro.com:80/2015/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-325-navajo-cr-in-bogota-2-killed/
Media:
#Ampliación Dos muertos y un herido dejó accidente de avioneta en norte de Bogotá http://t.co/GaJS8gky3n pic.twitter.com/cqjSCwMQCR
— Última Hora BluRadio (@UltimaHoraBLU) October 3, 2015Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Oct-2015 18:12 | harro | Added |
| 03-Oct-2015 18:12 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 07-Sep-2017 15:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2017 18:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2018 10:55 | harro | Updated [Time] |
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