Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Aug 11, 2006 (2 killed), Mt...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on August 11, 2006 near Mt Yerbas Buenas, Región de Atacama, Chile with 2 fatalities. Cause: Pilot's loss of...
- Date: August 11, 2006
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Mt Yerbas Buenas, Región de Atacama, Chile
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Pilot's loss of situational awareness while flying at low altitude during a single-pilot survey mission with high workload, leading to collision with the mountain.
A twin-engine Piper Navajo flying a geophysical survey for a mining program was operating low over the mountains north of La Serena with a pilot and one passenger aboard. The pilot lost situational awareness at low altitude and the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Yerbas Buenas, where it burned. Both occupants died.