Crash of a Piper PA-31 Navajo in Barbacena: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 4, 1980 at 2110 LT
Registration:
PT-IAJ
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Rio de Janeiro - Barbacena
MSN:
31-772
YOM:
1971
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
On final approach in limited visibility due to rain falls, the pilot failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the airplane struck trees and crashed in a wooded area located less than 2 km from the runway threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and all six occupants were killed.
