What happened
On March 23, 2016, at approximately 1211 UTC, a Bell 206B III helicopter, bearing registration HK4674, crashed into mountainous terrain in Angostura, Colombia. The aircraft was operating under Colombian flight regulations on a flight from Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (SKMD) in Medellin, Colombia, to Monteria-Los Garzones Airport (SKMR) in Monteria, Colombia.
Following the impact, the aircraft was destroyed by a postcrash fire. The accident resulted in 3 fatal injuries and 1 serious injury among the four occupants on board. At the time of the accident, the flight was operating under instrument meteorological conditions (IMC).