Let L-410 crash, Oct 8, 2007 (17 killed), Cubarral
Let L-410 accident on October 8, 2007 near Cubarral, Meta, Colombia with 17 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew continued...
- Date: October 8, 2007
- Aircraft: Let L-410
- Location: Cubarral, Meta, Colombia
- Fatalities: 17
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew continued under VFR in IMC, with erroneous navigation, low situational awareness and failure to act on TAWS terrain warnings for about three minutes.
A Let L-410 operated by Nacional de Aviacion flew from Villavicencio toward Uribe in poor weather with 15 passengers and two pilots on board. The crew continued under VFR in instrument conditions, and the aircraft struck a mountain slope at about 11,800 feet and disintegrated. The wreckage was found three days later on Paramo El Nevado, and all 17 occupants died.