Bogotá – Cali

On November 5, 1989 at 11:44 PM, Bogotá – Cali experienced a crash involving Handley Page HPR-7 Dart Herald, operated by Aerosucre Colombia, with the event recorded near Roncesvalles Tolima.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While cruising by night on a cargo flight from Bogotá to Cali, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls. In poor visibility, the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located near Roncesvalles. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all six occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-2702, MSN 180, year of manufacture 1964.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 4.0111°, -75.6052°.