Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 22 December 1998
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-32B
Owner/operator: SELVA Colombia
Registration Number: HK-3930X
Location: 1,2 km S of Rionegro/Medell¡n-Jos Mar¡a C¢rdova Airport (MDE) –
ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: Antonov aircraftAntonov aircraft
Investigating Agency: AerocivilAerocivil
Category: Accident
An Antonov aircraft crashed while approaching runway 36 in fog near Rionegro, Colombia. This occurred concurrently with a previous, unrelated crash of a Selva An-32 aircraft on approach to Rionegro. The incident was likely caused by operational decisions regarding landing conditions, specifically prioritizing an approach when minimum weather was not met.An Antonov aircraft crashed while approaching runway 36 in fog near Rionegro, Colombia. This occurred concurrently with a previous, unrelated crash of a Selva An-32 aircraft on approach to Rionegro. The incident was likely caused by operational decisions regarding landing conditions, specifically prioritizing an approach when minimum weather was not met.
Description
The Antonov had taken off from Bogot to fly a cargo of newspapers to Rionegro. The plane crashed while approaching runway 36 in fog, about 1 km from the airport boundary. The weather was below minima. Coincidentally, two years and one day earlier (21 December 1996) another Selva An-32 crashed on approach to Rionegro. PROBABLE CAUSE: Operational decisions by the crew to make a landing at an airport that was under minimum weather conditions and not to perform the aborted approach procedure.
Primary Cause
Operational decisions regarding landing conditions, prioritizing an approach despite unfavorable weather conditions.Operational decisions regarding landing conditions, prioritizing an approach despite unfavorable weather conditions.Share on:
