Accident Beechcraft C90 King Air HK-4921,
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Date:Wednesday 12 March 2014
Time:11:33 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE9L model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft C90 King Air
Owner/operator:Ambulancias Aéreas de Colombia
Registration: HK-4921
MSN: LJ-721
Year of manufacture:1977
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Near La Vanguardia Airport, (VVC/SKVV), Villavicencio, Meta -   Colombia
Phase: Approach
Nature:Ambulance
Departure airport:Bogotá-Eldorado (BOG/SKBO)
Destination airport:Araracuara (ACR/SKAC)
Investigating agency: Aerocivil
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
A Beechcraft C90 ambulance aircraft crashed and burned near Villavicencio-Vanguardia Airport, Colombia, killing all six on board.
Preliminary media reports indicate that the pilot attempted to carry out an emergency landing at Villavicencio.

Probable causes and/or contributing factors:
The Accident Investigation Group estimates as contributing factors and/or probable causes of the Accident of this aircraft:
- The lack of technical knowledge published in the POH for the execution of the pertinent actions during the failure of the engine in flight, together with the unwise decisions made by the crew in that situation.
- The haste of the crew members to land caused them to act in an uncoordinated manner and without the assertiveness required for the execution of the procedures contemplated by the manufacturer, the navigation charts and the published approach procedures.
- The omissions, reactions and deviations inappropriate to conduct the flight safely to the runway.
- The turning to the runway on the same side of the inoperative (critical) engine and maximum power on the operational engine during the unstabilised approach to the runway threshold which led to loss of control of the aircraft in low altitude flight.
The above factors do not represent chronology or level of importance in themselves.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: Aerocivil
Report number: COL-14-07-GIA
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://caracol.com.co/radio/2014/03/12/nacional/1394605620_123824.html
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20140312X43048&key=1

https://www.netairspace.com/photos/HK-4921/AmbulanceLifeguardLifeflight/Beech_C90/BOG_SKBO_Bogota_El_Dorado_International/photo_33358/
http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/autoridad-de-la-aviacion-civil/investigacion/Histricos%20Accidentes/HK4921.protected.pdf

Media:

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Mar-2014 13:31 harro Added
12-Mar-2014 13:32 harro Updated [Embed code]
12-Mar-2014 20:35 wf Updated [Cn, Embed code]
13-Mar-2014 09:48 Anon. Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants]
13-Mar-2014 10:56 Anon. Updated [Phase, Narrative]
25-Mar-2014 18:13 Geno Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
09-Apr-2014 18:43 Geno Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
10-Jul-2020 14:12 KagurazakaHanayo Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]

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