Boeing 727-100 crash, May 19, 1993 (132 killed), Mt Páram...
Boeing 727-100 accident on May 19, 1993 near Mt Páramo Frontino, Antioquia, Colombia with 132 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after...
- Date: May 19, 1993
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-100
- Location: Mt Páramo Frontino, Antioquia, Colombia
- Fatalities: 132
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew started the descent too early and went below the minimum altitude, having misidentified their position over the Abejorral NDB.
A SAM Colombia Boeing 727 on Flight 501 from Panama City to Bogota via Medellin was cleared to descend while approaching the Abejorral NDB and struck the slope of Paramo Frontino in poor weather. The jet broke up on impact and all 132 people aboard died. The crew had believed they were over the NDB when they were not.