Aliansa DC3 near San Vicente on May 8th 2014, impacted terrain

An Aliansa Douglas DC-3, registration HK-4700 performing a flight from Villavicencio to Florencia (Colombia) with 5 people on board, was enroute at 6800 feet MSL near La Macarena, Meta Province (Colombia) at about 12:45L (17:45Z) when the aircraft disappeared. A search was initiated. About 4 hours later the aircraft was found crashed in a forest near San Vicente del Caguan, Caqueta Province, there were no survivors. The aircraft was destroyed.

Colombia's Civil Aviation Authority reported the aircraft carried 5 people including crew when radio contact was lost and the aircraft disappeared near La Macarena. A search was initiated which succeeded in located the wreckage about 4 hours later.

Colombia's Fuerza Aerea reported on May 9th that two helicopters have reached the crash site and recovered the five bodies of the occupants. Headquarters were established at San Vicente del Caguan, Maqua Province, about 45km from the crash site.

No weather data are available of the region.

The remains of the aircraft seen from the air (Photo: Fuerza Aerea Colombiana):

Map (Graphics: AVH/Google Earth):