Douglas DC3 accident near San Felipe, CO, April 8, 2022
On April 8, 2022 at about 7:34 pm local time, a Douglas DC3, registered HK5016, was substantially damaged in an accident near San Felipe (Cesar Gaviria Trujillo Airport). It was flown under non-U.S. commercial rules. No one was hurt; 14 people were on board or involved.
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- April 8, 2022 · about 7:34 pm local time
- Place
- San Felipe, CO · Cesar Gaviria Trujillo Airport
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 14 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC3 65TP · all DC3s on the register
- Registration
- HK5016 · no longer on the register
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight · non-U.S. commercial rules
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- 552230 during descent - emergency
The aircraft
- Landing gear: fixed
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°C, dew point 0°C
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 12 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number DCA22WA113.