San Felipe – Puerto Inírida

On August 29, 1997 at 07:00 PM, San Felipe – Puerto Inírida experienced a crash involving Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), operated by SATENA - Servicio de Aeronavegacion a Territorios Nacionales, with the event recorded near Puerto Inírida Guainía.

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

9 people were known to be on board, 9 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: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On approach to Puerto Inírida Airport, the single engine airplane collided with a private Cessna 206 registered OB-1450 and carrying two passengers and one pilot. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed about 5 km from the airport. Both aircraft were destroyed and all 12 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration FAC-1115, MSN 820, year of manufacture 1983.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 3.8652°, -67.9260°.