NTSB Identification: ERA14WA304
14 CFR Non-U.S., Non-Commercial
Accident occurred Thursday, June 19, 2014 in Cerro Militar, Municipio de Calima, Colombia
Aircraft: CESSNA U206E, registration: N4258
Injuries: 3 Fatal.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. The foreign authority was the source of this information.
On June 19, 2014, about 1815 coordinated universal time (UTC), a Cessna U206E, N4258, impacted terrain under unknown circumstances near Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The pilot, a United States citizen, and the two passengers, both Ecuadorian citizens, were fatally injured. The pilot held an airline transport certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States. The flight departed Tocumen International Airport (MPTO), Tocumen, Panama, and was destined for Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (SKCL), Palmira, Colombia.
According to information provided by the government of Colombia, the flight was scheduled to arrive at SKCL about 1950 UTC. A search and rescue operation was initiated when the airplane did not arrive at the scheduled time, and the wreckage was subsequently located in mountainous terrain about 2200 UTC.
The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Colombia. Further information can be obtained from:
Grupo de Investigación de Accidentes
Unidad Administrativa Especial Aeronáutica Civil
Avenida El dorado # 103 - 23, Bogotá – Colombia
+57 - 1 - 2 96 21 38 or + 57 - 1 - 2 96 20 13
This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Colombia.
http://registry.faa.gov/N4258
A Corvallis pilot and two Ecuador nationals died Thursday when their small aircraft crashed in a remote area in southwestern Colombia.
News of the death of John Larson, chief flight instructor for Corvallis Aero Service, rippled through the Oregon flying community and beyond this weekend while the Colombian air force attempted to retrieve his body and that of the couple he was flying to Ecuador, Stefania Loor and husband Walter Ocampo.
The recovery was delayed at first due to bad weather in the heavily wooded area, according to a release from the Colombian air force.
Larson, an experienced pilot licensed to instruct students in single and multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes and helicopters, was flying the couple in a cesna 206 from Corvallis to their home in Ecuador, according to Larson’s friend of 35 years, Ron Gustafson. Once in Ecuador, the couple planned to purchase the plane to use for a parachuting club, he said.
Gustafson said that the three left Corvallis on June 13.
The plane took off from Panama City on Thursday, bound for Guayaquil, Ecuador, with a planned stop in Cali for refueling, according to the Colombian air force’s release. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the Cessna 206 early Thursday afternoon as the plane was approaching the city of Cali.
The wreckage was found near Lake Calima. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Gustafson, chief pilot for Helicopter Transport Services in Aurora, said that Larson used to work part-time on his flight crew when the company was based in Corvallis.
In Larson’s more than 40 years as a pilot, he had flown in ambulance, ferry, fire fighting, cargo and executive transportation roles in more than 34 countries. He stopped totaling his flight hours after he hit 10,000, and taught countless students in his decades-long career as a flight instructor.
“I’ve been receiving calls as far away as Singapore, Peru and Ecuador – ex-students and ex-pilots that John had worked with,” Gustafson said. “John touched a lot of people.”
As an approved flying instructor for the Oregon State Flying Club, he worked closely with the nonprofit’s board president, Thomas Lindner. Lindner got the news of Larson’s death on Saturday.
“I think the entire club will be in shock,” he said. “Half of the club members have probably flown with him.”
Lindner received advanced flight training from Larson.
“The way we conducted business was characterized by respect and trust and through all of that comes a friendship,” Lindner said. “I truly will miss him as a friend.”
Though Larson was 61 years old, Gustafson said, “He had the energy of a 20-year-old – and the enthusiasm.”
Friends and colleagues will remember him for his positive attitude and willingness to go out of the way to help his students, Gustafson said.
“I’m really going to miss him – a lot of people will.”
Source: http://democratherald.com
Colombia Air Force discovers crashed plane with United States registration
Colombia’s Air Force discovered a downed aircraft with an American registration near a lake in the country’s western state of Valle del Cauca, Colombian media reported on Thursday.
According to Colombia’s Radio Caracol, preliminary investigations have reported that one person was killed and three were injured when the plane crashed into the foothills of some mountains at approximately 1:45PM on Thursday.
Planes and helicopters from the Colombian Air Force have been active in the recovery process; however, according to a statement from Civil Aviation, conditions on the ground are difficult, and the condition of the passengers is expected to be confirmed shortly.
The pilot of the US Cessna 206 type aircraft was identified as American and was traveling from Panama to Cali, Colombia with a layover in Ecuador when the plane crashed en route.
The plane was found in the area of Boqueron Madroñal Cerro de los Chancos, near Lake Calima, Valle del Cauca, at about almost 10,000 feet above sea level, according to Colombia’s W Radio.
The Colombian Air Force identified the aircraft with the US license number N4258.
The last known communication with the plane was at 1:30PM local time on Thursday.
Source: http://colombiareports.co
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment