Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Mar 1, 2010 (6 killed), Con...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on March 1, 2010 near Concepción, Región del Biobío, Chile with 6 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain...
- Date: March 1, 2010
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Concepción, Región del Biobío, Chile
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the pilot continued a low-visibility approach below minimum safe altitude. The pilot's limited experience on type and a twin-engine approach in IMC were contributing factors.
A Piper PA-31 Navajo on a humanitarian flight from Tobalaba to Concepción hit tree tops in poor weather while descending toward Concepción, crashing in a wooded area about 20 km north of the airport near Tomé. All six occupants were killed. The aircraft was 10 degrees off the intended track below the minimum safe altitude when it impacted.