Cessna 500 Citation crash, Mar 7, 1997 (2 killed), La Felisa
Cessna 500 Citation accident on March 7, 1997 near La Felisa, Caldas, Colombia with 2 fatalities. Cause: Not determined in the sources checked. The...
- Date: March 7, 1997
- Aircraft: Cessna 500 Citation
- Location: La Felisa, Caldas, Colombia
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Not determined in the sources checked. The input record attributes the accident to a structural overload after an in-flight emergency; no official report was found.
A Cessna 500 Citation operated by Aerotaxi del Oriente was departing Pereira after the copilot declared an emergency in the climb. The aircraft then entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed near La Felisa, Caldas, destroying it and killing both pilots. The records checked describe the emergency but do not confirm the cause.