Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá crash, May 24, 2015, Rochedo
Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá accident on May 24, 2015 near Rochedo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: CENIPA final report A...
- Date: May 24, 2015
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-820 Navajo/Carajá
- Location: Rochedo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: CENIPA final report A 079/CENIPA/2015 (as summarized by BAAA): left engine failed from fuel exhaustion after the left tank gauge misled the crew, the left wing fuel sensors having been installed inverted; the aircraft was not airworthy, the MEL was out of date, the CVR and automatic propeller feathering were inoperative, and training and supervision were inadequate.
On 24 May 2015 an Embraer EMB 820C Caraja operated by Mato Grosso do Sul Taxi Aereo departed Miranda for Campo Grande with seven passengers and two pilots. About 35 minutes into the flight the left engine quit because the left wing tanks were empty while about 320 litres remained in the right wing, and the crew could not feather the propeller. The aircraft belly landed in farmland near Rochedo and came to rest; all nine occupants suffered minor injuries and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.