ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 HK-2761 Tame

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Status:	Information verified through authorities or other official sources.
Date:	Sunday 27 April 1986
Time:	08:35
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Operator:	ACES - Aerolineas Centrales de Colombia
Registration:	HK-2761
MSN:	780
First flight:	1982
Engines:	2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Crew:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Total:	Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	13 km (8.1 mls) from Tame ( Colombia)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO), Colombia
Destination airport:	Saravena-Los Colonizadores Airport (RVE/SKSA), Colombia

Narrative:
Struck a mountain at 8500 feet.

Sources:

» ICAO Adrep 2/88
» Lloyds List

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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Bogotá-Eldorado Airport to Saravena-Los Colonizadores Airport as the crow flies is 355 km (222 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.

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