Cessna 414 Chancellor crash, Jul 26, 2008, San Andrés-Gus...
Cessna 414 Chancellor accident on July 26, 2008 near San Andrés-Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, San Andrés, Providencia & Santa Catalina, Colombia with no...
- Date: July 26, 2008
- Aircraft: Cessna 414 Chancellor
- Location: San Andrés-Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, San Andrés, Providencia & Santa Catalina, Colombia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Fuel exhaustion caused the left engine to fail on final approach. About 3 gallons remained in the left tank and 23 gallons in the right tank.
A privately operated Cessna 414 flying from San Salvador with a stop at San Andres ran short of fuel on final approach to runway 06 at San Andres. The left engine quit, the right engine could not hold height, and the pilot ditched near the coast. Both occupants evacuated and were quickly rescued.