Bogotá – Carepa

On May 5, 2004 at 01:00 PM, Bogotá – Carepa experienced a crash involving Swearingen SA227 Metro III, operated by Aerotransporte Petrolero, with the event recorded near Carepa Antioquia.

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

7 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 71.4%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight from Bogotá-El Dorado Airport, the crew started the approach to Carepa-Los Cedros Airport, the copilot was the pilot-in-command. On final approach, the captain took over controls and continued the descent when the GPWS alarm sounded seven times. For unknown reasons, the captain failed to respond to this situation and did not proceed with any corrective actions. On short final, at a height of about 200 feet, one of the engine failed. The crew failed to follow the published procedures, causing the aircraft to stall and to crash about 100 metres short of runway 33. Two passengers were seriously injured while five other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-4275X, MSN AC-676, year of manufacture 1987.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 7.7581°, -76.6517°.