Pereira - Medellín

On March 7, 1997 at 09:34 AM, Pereira - Medellín experienced a crash involving Cessna 500 Citation, operated by Aerotaxi del Oriente, with the event recorded near La Felisa Caldas.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. After takeoff from Pereira-Matecaña Airport, while climbing, the copilot declared an emergency and reported problems. Shortly later, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed near La Felisa. The aircraft was destroyed and both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-3885, MSN 500-0135, year of manufacture 1973.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 5.3827°, -75.6028°.