| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | March 09, 2019 |
| Time: | 1040 |
| Location: | Vereda La Bendicion, Colombia |
| Operator: | Laser Aereo Colombia |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | San Jose - Villavicencio |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Registration: | HK-2494 |
| cn / ln: | :33105/16357 |
| Aboard: | 14 (passengers:11 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 14 (passengers:11 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | While on approach to land, the crew contacted ATC and declared an emergency after which the airplane crashed in flames in a palm grove, 35 km south of La Vanguardia Airport. The crew reported engine problems. The probable cause found that the accident was caused by: - Loss of control in-flight as a consequence of the decrease in minimum in-flight control speed and drag generated by the impossibility of performing the No. 1 engine propeller feathering in the face of engine failure. - Malfunction of the lubrication system of engine No. 1, evident in the abundant oil leakage from the engine, in flight, and in the governor of the left propeller; although discrepancies were found in the maintenance of the propeller feathering pressure line, it was not possible to determine the origin of the oil leakage. - Weaknesses in the aircraft Operator's operational procedures, lacking a standard that would facilitate a crew's decision making to act in the event of critical failures, in matters such as making an emergency landing on unprepared field or the selection of an alternate airfield. |
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