Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Aug 14, 2022 (1 killed), La...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on August 14, 2022 near La Libertad, Campeche, Mexico with 1 fatality. Cause: Illegal smuggling flight, no cause stated..
- Date: August 14, 2022
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: La Libertad, Campeche, Mexico
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Illegal smuggling flight, no cause stated.
A Piper Navajo smuggling flight from Colombia entered Mexican airspace illegally and was tracked by Mexican Air Force jets and helicopters before landing in a prairie near La Libertad, Campeche. It lost its undercarriage and hit a person on the ground, who died. The occupants and the ground crew fled before police arrived.