Piper PA-31 Cheyenne crash, Jan 12, 2001 (6 killed), Água...
Piper PA-31 Cheyenne accident on January 12, 2001 near Água Comprida, Minas Gerais, Brazil with 6 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control after spatial...
- Date: January 12, 2001
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne
- Location: Água Comprida, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Loss of control after spatial disorientation in poor weather and turbulence, with poor flight preparation, the pilot's lack of IFR licensing and his inexperience as contributing factors.
A Piper Cheyenne II carrying six people from Goiania to Ribeirao Preto reported severe turbulence and poor weather at 18,000 feet. It then entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed into a sugarcane field near Agua Comprida. All six occupants died.