Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Apr 24, 2002, San Miguel de...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on April 24, 2002 near San Miguel de Tucumán-Teniente Benjamin Matienzo, Tucumán, Argentina with no fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: April 24, 2002
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: San Miguel de Tucumán-Teniente Benjamin Matienzo, Tucumán, Argentina
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Double engine failure in flight due to fuel exhaustion, caused by poor flight planning and the crew's failure to correctly calculate the fuel needed for the day's trips.
A Piper Navajo chartered for a positioning and charter flight near Tucuman ran out of fuel in both engines on the return leg. The crew had flown without adding fuel because they lacked cash. The pilot attempted an emergency landing in a field, hit a tree, and the aircraft was destroyed. All three occupants were injured, two seriously.