Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Apr 7, 2021 (6 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on April 7, 2021 near Salitre, Guayas, Ecuador with 6 fatalities. Cause: Not established, no official report...
- Date: April 7, 2021
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Salitre, Guayas, Ecuador
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Not established, no official report found.
A Piper PA 31 air ambulance flying between Nueva Loja and Guayaquil crashed into a rice field and river near Salitre, about 35 km north of Guayaquil. All six occupants, two pilots, two doctors, a nurse and a patient, were killed. Amateur video reported backfiring and a spin before impact, but no official finding was found.