Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá crash, Jun 11, 2003 (4 killed)
Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá accident on June 11, 2003 near Belo Horizonte-Pampulha-Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Minas Gerais, Brazil with 4...
- Date: June 11, 2003
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá
- Location: Belo Horizonte-Pampulha-Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A hose failure from poor maintenance caused an oil leak in the right engine. Contributing factors were the pilots' inexperience on the type, the operator's inability to provide maintenance or training records, and the absence of an orderly approach after the engine problem.
An Embraer EMB-820C Navajo taxi flight from Belo Horizonte Pampulha, carrying two pilots, two passengers and valuables, lost oil from the right engine. The crew turned back toward the airport, was too high on approach and was told to circle to lose height, then lost control and crashed about 2 km short of the runway. The aircraft burned and all four occupants were killed.