Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Dec 28, 2013, Port Raúl Mar...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on December 28, 2013 near Port Raúl Marín Balmaceda, Región Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chile with no...
- Date: December 28, 2013
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Port Raúl Marín Balmaceda, Región Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chile
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot forgot to lower the landing gear before landing, according to the BAAA summary. The full Chilean report was not retrieved.
A Piper Navajo on a positioning flight from Puerto Montt to Port Raul Marin Balmaceda landed on its belly after the pilot had not lowered the landing gear. The pilot had first made a go-around to assess the runway and wind. The aircraft slid a short distance into grass and was written off. The pilot was not injured.