Dornier DO228 crash, Sep 9, 2013 (2 killed), Viña del Mar
Dornier DO228 accident on September 9, 2013 near Viña del Mar, Región de Valparaíso, Chile with 2 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain...
- Date: September 9, 2013
- Aircraft: Dornier DO228
- Location: Viña del Mar, Región de Valparaíso, Chile
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew continued the approach below the MDA without visual contact with the runway; contributing factors included failure to apply crew resource management, unstabilised approach, loss of situational awareness and lack of use of available equipment.
On 9 September 2013 a CorpFlite Dornier 228 positioning flight from Coquimbo to Viña del Mar, Chile, was made to pick up passengers for a mining area. With the ILS out of service, the crew flew a non-precision approach in fog; the approach was unstable and the crew descended below the minimum descent altitude without visual contact. The aircraft struck power cables and crashed in a field short of the runway, killing both pilots.