On March 9, 2003, at 1105 eastern standard time, a Cessna R172HP single-engine airplane, Colombian registration HK2727, was destroyed upon impact with mountainous terrain during cruise flight near Ocana, Departmento del Cesar, in the Republic of Colombia. The commercial pilot and his 4 passengers were fatally injured. The airplane, serial number 172-3447, was owned by a private corporation and was being operated by Alas de Colombia, of Bucaramanga, Colombia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed throughout the area for the on-demand air taxi flight from Ocana to Bucaramanga. The flight, which was destined to Bucaramanga, departed from the Aguas Claras Airport, near Ocana, approximately 10 minutes prior to the accident.

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