Villa Garzón - Puerto Asís

On August 4, 1985 at 12:00 AM, Villa Garzón - Puerto Asís experienced a crash involving Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, operated by Aires Colombia - Aerovias de Integracion Regional, with the event recorded near Villagarzón Putumayo.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

16 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 16 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 14, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. During the takeoff roll, the right engine failed and exploded. The crew abandoned the takeoff procedure when the aircraft went out of control. It veered off runway and collided with trees located about 1,600 meters from the end of the runway. The aircraft was destroyed while all 16 occupants were rescued, among them five were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-2593, MSN 110-302, year of manufacture 1980.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 0.9894°, -76.5526°.