Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, May 8, 2005 (6 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on May 8, 2005 near Córdoba-Ambrosio Taravella (Pajas Blancas), Córdoba, Argentina with 6 fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: May 8, 2005
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Córdoba-Ambrosio Taravella (Pajas Blancas), Córdoba, Argentina
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Collision with the inner marker antenna during a night IMC approach. Contributing factors were a weather-induced optical illusion, limited instrument training, a wrong altimeter setting, and poor crew coordination.
A Navajo Chieftain charter from San Juan to Cordoba struck the inner marker antenna during a night instrument approach in poor weather. It was about 700 metres short of runway 18 and came down after descending below minimums. Six people died, including both pilots and racing figure Nicolas Vuyovich, and three passengers were seriously injured.