Mountain Strike During Approach to Bogotá-El Dorado Airport (HK-3479)

Incident Overview During a descent to Bogotá-El Dorado Airport, a single-engine aircraft collided with the slope of a mountain near El Rosal, approximately 19 km northwest of the airport. The impact resulted in eight fatalities among the occupants and one passenger sustained serious injuries. The specific aircraft type, registration, operator, and date of the incident are not provided in the source material. ## Operational Context The pilot was conducting the approach at an unsafe altitude for reasons that remain unknown. The source does not specify the exact cause of the altitude deviation or the circumstances leading to the controlled flight into terrain.