Cali - Cali

On October 14, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Cali - Cali experienced a crash involving Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operated by Microsurvey Aéreogeofísica e Consultoria Cientifica, with the event recorded near Yumbo Valle del Cauca.

The flight was categorized as geographical / geophysical / scientific and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The single engine airplane departed Cali-Alfonso Bonilla Aragón Airport on an geophysical exploration mission of the south part of Chocó, carrying three crew members, two pilots and one operator in charge of the LIDAR equipment. At 1144LT, the crew reported his altitude at 5,600 feet. Two minutes later, while cruising in poor visibility, the aircraft struck trees and crashed in wooded and hilly terrain near Yambo. The wreckage was found few hours later and all three occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PR-MIC, MSN 208B-0841, year of manufacture 2000.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 3.5649°, -76.4797°.