Incident Overview
Date: Friday 23 July 1999
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-7-102 (O-5A)
Owner/operator: United States Army
Registration Number: N5382W
Location: near Orito –
ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: Aircraft Flight Management System (FMS)Aircraft Flight Management System (FMS)
Category: Accident
An anti-drugs reconnaissance flight crashed into the 7000-foot Patascoy mountain in the Putumayo province. The wreckage was discovered on July 28th. The accident was attributed to crew complacency and inexperience, specifically due to incorrect navigational information leading to a deviation from the planned course and entry into a mountainous area. Insufficient rest was identified as a contributing factor.An anti-drugs reconnaissance flight crashed into the 7000-foot Patascoy mountain in the Putumayo province. The wreckage was discovered on July 28th. The accident was attributed to crew complacency and inexperience, specifically due to incorrect navigational information leading to a deviation from the planned course and entry into a mountainous area. Insufficient rest was identified as a contributing factor.
Description
Crashed into the 7000 feet Patascoy mountain in the Putumayo province. The aircraft was on an anti-drugs reconnaissance flight over a major drug-producing area near the southern border with Ecuador. The wreckage was found on July 28. The accident is said to have been caused by the crew’s complacency and inexperience. They failed to detect that incorrect navigational information had been input to the aircraft’s FMS resulting in the flight deviating from its planned course and entering a mountainous area. A factor would have been the crew’s insufficient rest.
Primary Cause
Incorrect navigational information input to the aircraft’s FMS leading to a deviation from the planned course.Incorrect navigational information input to the aircraft’s FMS leading to a deviation from the planned course.Share on:
