Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Feb 23, 1999, La Serena
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on February 23, 1999 near La Serena, Región de Coquimbo, Chile with no fatalities. Cause: Fuel exhaustion leading to...
- Date: February 23, 1999
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: La Serena, Región de Coquimbo, Chile
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Fuel exhaustion leading to simultaneous failure of both engines on approach. Based on secondary databases only.
A Piper Navajo chartered by Aero Lloyd (Chile) for the El Indio Mining Company lost both engines on final approach to La Serena. The pilot tried an emergency landing, but the aircraft stalled and crashed short of the runway. All four occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.