Bucaramanga - Bucaramanga

On May 3, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Bucaramanga - Bucaramanga experienced a crash involving Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, operated by Oracle Geoscience International, with the event recorded near Coromoro Santander.

The flight was categorized as geographical / geophysical / scientific and the reported phase was flight 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: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft departed Bucaramanga-Palonegro Airport at 0804LT on a geophysical mission over the Coromoro Region, Santander. At 1000LT, the last radio contact was recorded with the pilot. While flying in marginal weather conditions (low clouds), the aircraft impacted the slope of a mountain located near Coromoro. The wreckage was found two days later at an altitude of 4,500 metres, some 98 km south of Bucaramanga. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and both occupants were killed, among them Peter Moore, co-founder of Oracle Geoscience International and Neville Ribeiro, the pilot.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GSVM, MSN 31-109, year of manufacture 1968.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 6.2945°, -73.0419°.