Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá crash, Jun 5, 2001 (1 killed)
Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá accident on June 5, 2001 near São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo, Brazil with 1 fatality. Cause: Failure of the right...
- Date: June 5, 2001
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá
- Location: São Paulo-Congonhas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure of the right engine's hydraulic pump, followed by the pilot's improper handling of the single-engine approach at excessive height and speed, leading to loss of control.
A Navajo cargo flight carrying one pilot and bank notes approached Congonhas at night after leaving Franca. The right engine's hydraulic pump failed and the pilot shut that engine down, then continued on one engine without telling air traffic control. He lost control during a go-around, and the aircraft crashed in a residential area and burned, killing the pilot and injuring two people on the ground.