Bogotá – Medellín

On December 21, 1996 at 10:32 PM, Bogotá – Medellín experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-32, operated by Selva Colombia - Servicios Aéreos del Vaupés, with the event recorded near Medellín-José María Córdova (Rionegro) Antioquia.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 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: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Bogotá to Medellín, carrying one passenger, three crew members and a load of 18,300 newspapers for a total weight of 4,970 kilos. While descending to Medellín-Rionegro Airport, the crew encountered difficulties to intercept the ILS and made successives left and right turn when, on final approach, the aircraft went out of control and crashed 8 km short of runway 36. All four occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-4008X, MSN 3402, year of manufacture 1993.