Cessna 402 crash, Aug 8, 2015 (3 killed), Cajicá
Cessna 402 accident on August 8, 2015 near Cajicá, Cundinamarca, Colombia with 3 fatalities. Cause: Aerocivil (report COL 15 31 GIA, as summarized by...
- Date: August 8, 2015
- Aircraft: Cessna 402
- Location: Cajicá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Aerocivil (report COL 15 31 GIA, as summarized by BAAA): double engine failure on approach due to fuel exhaustion, with contributing poor crew resource management, low alertness during the training mission, failure to follow emergency procedures, the instructor's limited experience for initial training, and poor flight planning.
A Cessna 402B training flight from Bogota Guaymaral, carrying an instructor, a student pilot and a passenger, declared an engine emergency while descending to runway 11 on 8 August 2015. During the attempted emergency landing the twin struck power cables and crashed into a garden about 12 km north of the airport. All three occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by impact with no fire.