Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá crash, Jan 11, 2001 (2 killed)
Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá accident on January 11, 2001 near Jequié, Bahia, Brazil with 2 fatalities. Cause: The crew continued the descent under...
- Date: January 11, 2001
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá
- Location: Jequié, Bahia, Brazil
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew continued the descent under VFR in IMC and descended too low, with poor crew coordination and failure to follow published procedures as contributing factors.
An Embraer Navajo was on approach to Jequie in poor weather when it descended too low to keep visual contact with the ground and struck terrain a few kilometres short of the airport. The captain was killed at the scene and the copilot died later of serious injuries. Two people died in total.