Dassault Falcon 20 crash, Feb 7, 1997 (4 killed), Mt Chiv...
Dassault Falcon 20 accident on February 7, 1997 near Mt Chivilme, Salta, Argentina with 4 fatalities. Cause: Collision with a mountain during descent...
- Date: February 7, 1997
- Aircraft: Dassault Falcon 20
- Location: Mt Chivilme, Salta, Argentina
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Collision with a mountain during descent while flying an instrument approach to a different point, with errors in distances and heights, over-reliance on GPS, poor crew resource management, and a fictitious GPS waypoint (F-SAL) easily confused with the Salta airport code.
A Dassault Falcon 20 cargo flight from San Miguel de Tucuman to Salta flew into the slope of Mt Chivilme while descending through cloud on an approach it had not been cleared for. All four occupants were killed. The investigation pointed to over-reliance on GPS and a confusingly named waypoint.