De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crash, Jan 23, 1985 (23 killed)
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter accident on January 23, 1985 near Mt El Plateado, Chocó, Colombia with 23 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into...
- Date: January 23, 1985
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Location: Mt El Plateado, Chocó, Colombia
- Fatalities: 23
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew continued under visual rules in instrument conditions and deviated from the airway, with poor operator supervision also cited.
An ACES Colombia de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (HK-1910) on flight VX052 from Quibdo to Medellin flew into a mountainside at about 11,500 feet, roughly 66 km northeast of Quibdo, after the crew continued under visual rules in adverse weather. All 23 people on board were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.