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Overloaded (?) Cessna Crashes in Colombia

What: Condor Cessna TU206G Turbo Stationair
Where: El Astillero, Cerro San Antonio de Prado, Colombia
When: October 20, 2010, 9:40 am
Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
Why: The plane carrying provisions to Urabá and 3 passengers flew into San Antonio Mountain, killing all aboard. A would-be passenger’s life was saved because he could not board the flight—because it was full.

The pilot did not report an emergency to the tower.

The pilot was Juan Guillermo Mondragon. Passengers included John Amado Pérez, Osías Sierra and Xenobia Palacios.

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