Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá crash, Mar 12, 2013 (10 killed)
Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá accident on March 12, 2013 near Almeirim, Pará, Brazil with 10 fatalities. Cause: CENIPA (A-052/CENIPA/2013): loss of...
- Date: March 12, 2013
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá
- Location: Almeirim, Pará, Brazil
- Fatalities: 10
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: CENIPA (A-052/CENIPA/2013): loss of control in flight linked mainly to pilot factors, including the pilot's inexperience on the type, flying alone at night for the first time, operating below the required speed and power on the downwind leg, and company operational decisions.
A Embraer Carajá carrying a single pilot and nine company employees on a night flight from Belem to Almeirim descended too low on approach to a jungle airstrip without visual references, struck the ground about 5 km short of the runway and burned. All ten occupants were killed.