Medellín – Cali

On March 12, 1986 at 10:58 PM, Medellín – Cali experienced a crash involving Rockwell Turbo Commander 680/681, operated by Inversiones Gabriel J. Restrepo, with the event recorded near El Retiro Antioquia.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The twin engine airplane departed Medellín-José María Córdova at 2248LT on a charter flight to Cali. During initial climb, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in unknown circumstances near the city of El Retiro, about 13 km southwest of Medellín Airport. The aircraft was destroyed and all eight occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-2217P, MSN 681-6053, year of manufacture 1971.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 6.0573°, -75.5026°.