Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Oct 29, 2000 (8 killed), Sa...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on October 29, 2000 near Sasaima, Cundinamarca, Colombia with 8 fatalities. Cause: Both engines lost power from fuel...
- Date: October 29, 2000
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Sasaima, Cundinamarca, Colombia
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Both engines lost power from fuel exhaustion. The crew miscalculated fuel consumption and the fuel on board was insufficient for the final leg.
A Piper Navajo carrying six passengers and two pilots flew from Pereira to Bogota. All tanks were empty, both engines stopped from fuel exhaustion, and the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in woodland near Sasaima. All eight occupants died.