Beechcraft 60 Duke crash, Oct 18, 2015 (9 killed), Bogotá...
Beechcraft 60 Duke accident on October 18, 2015 near Bogotá-El Dorado, Bogotá Capital District, Colombia with 9 fatalities. Cause: Aerocivil (report...
- Date: October 18, 2015
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 60 Duke
- Location: Bogotá-El Dorado, Bogotá Capital District, Colombia
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Aerocivil (report COL 15 45 GIA, as summarized by BAAA): loss of control after a loss of power from the left engine during initial climb; the exact cause of the power loss was not determined, and high density altitude contributed.
On 18 October 2015 a Beechcraft 60 Duke, HK 3917G, departed Bogota El Dorado for Guaymaral with one pilot and three passengers. Three minutes after takeoff, in visual conditions at about 200 feet, it turned left, descended and crashed into houses in Engativa and burst into flames. All four occupants and several people on the ground were killed, and the aircraft and several houses were destroyed.