Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Mar 1, 2012 (8 killed), Que...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on March 1, 2012 near Quellón, Región de Los Lagos, Chile with 8 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain...
- Date: March 1, 2012
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Quellón, Región de Los Lagos, Chile
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the pilot continued under visual flight rules into instrument conditions without clearance.
A Piper Navajo on a charter flight from Melinka to Quellon carried seven passengers and a pilot. While trying to continue under visual rules in cloud, rain and fog, it flew into the slope of a mountain in the Piedra Blanca range about 15 km southwest of Quellon. All eight occupants were killed.