| Date: | Thursday 4 July 1991 |
| Time: | 09:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Helicol Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-2889X |
| MSN: | 606 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near El Yopal -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| El Yopal Airport (EYP/SKYP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft deviated 20deg to the left of the intended 360deg course either the pilot failed to correct for a westerly crosswind, or he deviated around bad weather. The pilot continued VFR flight in unfavorable visibility and collided with a hill.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 4/94 (#266)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 September 1980 | N46RA | Rio Airways | 0 | Wichita Falls-Kickapoo Airport, TX (KIP) |  |
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Location
Images:
photo (c) Olga Lucia Jaramillo Rondon, via Peter Frei; 1984
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