Date:	Saturday 21 December 1996
Time:	22:32
Type:	Antonov An-32B
Owner/operator:	SELVA Colombia
Registration:	HK-4008X
MSN:	3402
Year of manufacture:	1993
Total airframe hrs:	403 hours
Engine model:	Ivchenko AI-20D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	8 km S of Rionegro/Medellín-José María Córdova Airport (MDE) -   Colombia
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO)
Destination airport:	Rionegro/Medellín-José María Córdova Airport (MDE/SKRG)
Investigating agency:	Aerocivil
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The An-32B cargo aircraft had taken off from Bogotá with a cargo of 18.300 newspapers (4970 kg in total), bound for Rionegro, Colombia.
The aircraft was cleared for an ILS approach to runway 36. The flight crew reported problems capturing the ILS. Last radio contact was at 22:32 when the flight crew reported receiving the VOR signal.
A steep right turn was initiated, followed by a steep left turn after crossing the approach path. The aircraft lost height and crashed about 8 km short of the runway.

PROBABLE CAUSE:
The probable cause of this accident is the fracture in flight of a part of the right wing that induced the rupture of the left stabilizer exceeding the ultimate resistance of the structure for unknown reasons.

Diario EL PAIS. Diciembre 23, 1996
El Colombiano
Noticia 1 de La Nación - EL TIEMPO

photo (c) Karl Krämer, via Werner Fischdick; Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH); September 1996

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