Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá crash, Sep 15, 1979 (2 killed)
Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá accident on September 15, 1979 near Brotas São Paulo, Brazil with 2 fatalities. Cause: Pilot error with loss of control...
- Date: September 15, 1979
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá
- Location: Brotas São Paulo, Brazil
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot error with loss of control in poor weather while approaching Brotas.
An Embraer EMB-820C Navajo registered PT-EDG was completing a flight from Sao Paulo to Brasilia with a stop at Brotas, carrying a pilot and two engineers. While approaching Brotas in poor weather the pilot lost control and the aircraft crashed on a hill. Both other occupants were killed and one passenger was injured.