Incident Overview
Date: Friday 7 March 1997
Aircraft Type: Cessna 500 Citation I
Owner/operator: Aerotaxi del Oriente – ATO
Registration Number: HK-3885
Location: near La Felisa –
ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: The two tips of the wings of the Cessna 500 Citation I.The two tips of the wings of the Cessna 500 Citation I.
Investigating Agency: AerocivilAerocivil
Category: Accident
A Cessna 500 Citation I crashed near La Felisa, Colombia, resulting in the deaths of both crew members. The flight departed Pereira (PEI) at 09:14 to Medell¡n (EOH) and last contacted the Medellin Approach controller at 09:34 with a Mayday call. The aircraft was in a high-speed descent and crashed. Investigation revealed no evidence of pilot training on a Citation aircraft, and the probable cause was identified as in-flight breaking and subsequent separation of the two tips of the wings due to positive wing loading imposed by an unqualified crew exceeding the structural limit.A Cessna 500 Citation I crashed near La Felisa, Colombia, resulting in the deaths of both crew members. The flight departed Pereira (PEI) at 09:14 to Medell¡n (EOH) and last contacted the Medellin Approach controller at 09:34 with a Mayday call. The aircraft was in a high-speed descent and crashed. Investigation revealed no evidence of pilot training on a Citation aircraft, and the probable cause was identified as in-flight breaking and subsequent separation of the two tips of the wings due to positive wing loading imposed by an unqualified crew exceeding the structural limit.
Description
A Cessna 500 Citation I was destroyed in a loss of control accident near La Felisa, Colombia. Both crew members were killed. The flight departed Pereira (PEI) at 09:14 on a flight to Medell¡n (EOH). Last radio contact was at 09:34 when the crew issued a Mayday call to the Medellin Approach controller. The airplane was in a high speed descent and crashed. Investigators did not find any evidence that both pilots ever received any training on a Citation type aircraft. PROBABLE CAUSE: “In-flight breaking and subsequent separation of the two tips of the wings due to positive wing loading imposed by the unqualified crew exceeding the structural limit stipulated by the manufacturer.”
Primary Cause
Positive wing loading imposed by an unqualified crew exceeding the structural limit stipulated by the manufacturer.Positive wing loading imposed by an unqualified crew exceeding the structural limit stipulated by the manufacturer.Share on:
