What happened
On January 30, 2019, a Cessna 206, registration HK-4974, was performing an air taxi flight from Tarapacá to Leticia, Colombia. During the landing phase at Alfredo Vásquez Cobo Airport, the aircraft's approach became unstable. As the pilot attempted to correct the aircraft's position, the plane experienced a hard landing, causing the tail cone to strike the asphalt runway.
Despite the impact, the pilot maintained control of the aircraft and taxied it to the parking area under his own power. The pilot was uninjured. The impact resulted in substantial structural damage to the empennage, including fractures to the fuselage stringers and deformation of the tail cone and rudder skin.