Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Sep 1, 2005 (8 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on September 1, 2005 near Bogotá-Guaymaral, Bogotá Capital District, Colombia with 8 fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: September 1, 2005
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Bogotá-Guaymaral, Bogotá Capital District, Colombia
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Possible fuel contamination reducing engine power, combined with an overloaded takeoff at high altitude and a centre of gravity too far aft for the weather, prevented the aircraft from returning to the runway.
A Piper Navajo Chieftain operated by an air taxi company departed Bogota-Guaymaral on a charter toward Puerto Berrio. The crew declared an emergency shortly after takeoff and tried to return, but the aircraft lost power and crashed in a field about 600 m from the runway, where it burned. All eight occupants were killed.