Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá crash, May 20, 1998 (3 killed)
Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá accident on May 20, 1998 near Guanambi, Bahia, Brazil with 3 fatalities. Cause: Left engine failure on final approach...
- Date: May 20, 1998
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá
- Location: Guanambi, Bahia, Brazil
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Left engine failure on final approach followed by loss of control, with possible over-correction by the pilot, lack of copilot assistance, and crew resource management and fuel management shortcomings.
A Bahia Taxi Aereo Navajo on a cargo flight from Salvador to Guanambi lost both engines on final approach after nearly two hours of flight. The crew lost control and the aircraft crashed a few hundred metres short of the runway. The pilots and the one passenger were killed. Investigators pointed to fuel management and crew coordination problems.