Incident Overview
Date: Friday 18 December 1981
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Owner/operator: ACES – Aerolineas Centrales de Colombia
Registration Number: HK-2216
Location: near San Antero –
ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13
Component Affected: Aircraft structure and potentially the aircraft’s landing gear.Aircraft structure and potentially the aircraft’s landing gear.
Category: Accident
A Twin Otter aircraft struck a hill, resulting in damage to the aircraft.A Twin Otter aircraft struck a hill, resulting in damage to the aircraft.
Description
The Twin Otter struck a hill.
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VK0zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9AIEAAAAIBAJ&dq=colombia%20plane&pg=1829%2C4692555https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VK0zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9AIEAAAAIBAJ&dq=colombia%20plane&pg=1829%2C4692555Primary Cause
Hill terrain likely contributed to the impact.Hill terrain likely contributed to the impact.Share on:
