Boeing 727-100 crash, Nov 18, 2006 (6 killed), Leticia-Al...
Boeing 727-100 accident on November 18, 2006 near Leticia-Alfredo Vásquez Cobo, Amazonas, Colombia with 6 fatalities. Cause: The crew continued a night...
- Date: November 18, 2006
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-100
- Location: Leticia-Alfredo Vásquez Cobo, Amazonas, Colombia
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew continued a night VFR approach in limited visibility without meeting the minimums for that operation, descending at an unsafe altitude. Poor approach planning, poor judgment and violation of IFR procedures were identified as contributing factors.
A Boeing 727 cargo flight from Bogota to Leticia was making a night approach in fog-affected, limited visibility with no approach lights on runway 21. Descending below a safe altitude under visual rules, the aircraft struck a television antenna on short final and crashed in woodland about 3.7 km short of the runway, where it burned. All six occupants were killed.