Bogotá – Medellín

On October 3, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Bogotá – Medellín experienced a crash involving Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, operated by El Caminente Air, with the event recorded near Bogotá-Guaymaral Bogotá Capital District.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Bogotá-Guaymaral Airport, while climbing, the pilot declared an emergency after the failure of the right engine. He attempted an emergency landing in an open field when the aircraft crashed in a prairie located near the Los Andes hippodrome, some 5 km northeast of Guaymaral Airport, bursting into flames. A passenger was seriously injured while both other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-3909G, MSN 31-7612070, year of manufacture 1976.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 4.8134°, -74.0583°.