Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá crash, Mar 31, 2008 (2 killed)
Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá accident on March 31, 2008 near Lençóis, Bahia, Brazil with 2 fatalities. Cause: The captain's decision to continue a...
- Date: March 31, 2008
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá
- Location: Lençóis, Bahia, Brazil
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The captain's decision to continue a visual approach in instrument conditions to an airstrip not suited to instrument procedures, ignoring the copilot's advice. Possible spatial disorientation and a stall, and the operator failed to identify the procedural violations.
An Embraer Navajo operated by Abaete Aerotaxi was flying a cargo charter from Salvador to Lencois. The crew met poor weather near Lencois, and the captain continued the approach under visual rules in instrument conditions. The aircraft was put into an attitude that caused a stall and crashed about 2 km short of the runway, burning, and both pilots were killed.