Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 23 January 1985
Aircraft Type: Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante
Owner/operator: AIRES Colombia
Registration Number: HK-2638
Location: 16 km from Buga –
ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17
Component Affected: Embraer 110P1 Bandeirante aircraftEmbraer 110P1 Bandeirante aircraft
Category: Accident
An Embraer 110P1 Bandeirante passenger plane crashed near Buga, Colombia, resulting in the deaths of 15 passengers and two crew members. The flight, departing Florencia Airport (FLA) on a domestic route to Cali Airport (CLO), experienced an abrupt crash at 8600 feet after descending to FL105, originating from Neiva. This incident followed a VFR flight into IMC conditions.An Embraer 110P1 Bandeirante passenger plane crashed near Buga, Colombia, resulting in the deaths of 15 passengers and two crew members. The flight, departing Florencia Airport (FLA) on a domestic route to Cali Airport (CLO), experienced an abrupt crash at 8600 feet after descending to FL105, originating from Neiva. This incident followed a VFR flight into IMC conditions.
Description
An Embraer 110P1 Bandeirante passenger plane, HK-2638, was destroyed in an accident near Buga, Colombia. All 15 passengers and two crew members were killed. AIRES Colombia flight 585 departed Florencia Airport (FLA) on a domestic flight to Cali Airport (CLO), Colombia. An intermediate stop was made at Neiva from were it took off at 09:35. The aircraft crashed into a mountain at 8600 feet after reporting at the Tulua VOR descending to FL105. This same day, ACES lost a DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft also due to VFR flight into IMC conditions. PROBABLE CAUSE: Continued VFR flight in adverse weather.
Source of Information
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Continued VFR flight in adverse weather.Continued VFR flight in adverse weather.Share on:
