Piper PA-31 Cheyenne crash, Jan 19, 2012, Puerto Montt-Ma...
Piper PA-31 Cheyenne accident on January 19, 2012 near Puerto Montt-Marcel Marchant (La Paloma), Región de Los Lagos, Chile with no fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: January 19, 2012
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne
- Location: Puerto Montt-Marcel Marchant (La Paloma), Región de Los Lagos, Chile
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot forgot to lower the landing gear during an unstabilized approach, distracted by GPS equipment and without completing the approach and landing checklist.
A Piper Cheyenne on a flight from Santiago-Tobalaba to Puerto Montt landed with its gear retracted because the pilot forgot to lower it. His attention was on the GPS, the approach was unstabilized and the checklist was not completed. The aircraft belly landed and slid along the runway, and all eight occupants escaped uninjured.