Wirestrike Accident Cessna 182M Skylane HK-1441-G,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144478
 
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Date:Saturday 17 March 2012
Time:16:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C182 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 182M Skylane
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: HK-1441-G
MSN: 18259984
Year of manufacture:1969
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:About 3 miles from Barrancabermeja-Yariguíes Airport - EJA/SKEJ -   Colombia
Phase: Approach
Nature:Private
Departure airport:EJA/SKEJ
Destination airport:EJA/SKEJ
Investigating agency: Aerocivil
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
A Cessna 182M Skylane impacted transmission lines then crashed in a field about 3 miles from Barrancabermeja-Yariguíes Airport - EJA/SKEJ and burned.

All three occupants were killed.
The pilot was Edgar Cote Gravino, former mayor (2004-2007) of Barrancabermeja. Also on board were Carlos Alberto Larios Díaz, local Barrancabermeja attorney and Óscar Palomino Velandia, a local contractor.

Cause
Execution of a flight at low altitude, with the impact occurring inadvertently with a high voltage power line, which destabilized the flight, entangled the aircraft and drove it violently and head-on to the ground.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: Aerocivil
Report number: COL-12-09-GIA
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/nacional/articulo-333007-accidente-de-avioneta-barrancabermeja-deja-tres-muertos
https://www.aviacol.net/accidentes-incidentes/cessna-182-se-accidenta-en-barrancabermeja.html
http://www.vanguardia.com/santander/barrancabermeja/148487-accidente-de-avioneta-en-barrancabermeja-deja-tres-muertos
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120320X72709&key=1
http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/autoridad-de-la-aviacion-civil/investigacion/Histricos%20Accidentes/HK1441G.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Mar-2012 12:23 harro Added
18-Mar-2012 14:21 RobertMB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative]
18-Mar-2012 23:20 Anon. Updated [Source]
22-Mar-2012 23:46 Geno Updated [Source, Narrative]
26-Mar-2012 06:01 tsolano Updated [Narrative]
12-Jul-2020 10:37 KagurazakaHanayo Updated [Source, Narrative]

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