San Felipe - Villavicencio

On August 31, 1993 at 12:00 AM, San Felipe - Villavicencio experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by Trans Oriente Colombia - Transportes Aéreos Regular Secundario Oriental, with the event recorded near Barranco Minas Guainía.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from San Felipe, Guainía, to Villavicencio, carrying three passengers, three crew members and a load of straw. En route, one of the engine failed and the crew decided to divert to Barranco Minas Airport. After touchdown on runway 27, the aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and plunged in the Río Guaviare. Four people were rescued while the bodies of the copilot and the flight engineer disappeared in the river.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-3220, MSN 11808, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 3.4905°, -69.8095°.