Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá crash, Jul 6, 2012 (1 killed)
Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá accident on July 6, 2012 near Espinosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil with 1 fatality. Cause: Double engine failure of...
- Date: July 6, 2012
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá
- Location: Espinosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Double engine failure of undetermined cause. The aircraft was flying below the 500 ft minimum safe altitude and the pilot was apparently using a cell phone, according to the database summary.
A Navajo on a low-level geophysical survey near Guanambi lost its right engine and then its left engine about two hours into the flight. The pilot attempted an emergency landing in woodland, and the aircraft burned. The pilot died, and the two observers escaped with minor injuries.