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Piper PA-31-310 Navajo

Few minutes after takeoff from Robinson Crusoe Island, en route for the continent, the crew encountered engine problems and elected to ditch the aircraft about 13 km offshore. The crew of a fishing boat was able to rescue all four occupant while the aircraft sank and was lost.

Rockwell Aero Commander 680

The twin engine airplane was completing a charter flight from Santiago de Chile to the Island of Robinson Crusoe on behalf of the Fishing Cooperative of Juan Fernandez. After departing Los Cerrillos Airport in Santiago, the pilot completed a technical stop at Valparaíso-Rodelillo Airport to refuel. While cruising at an altitude of 6,000 feet about 330 km west the Chilean coast in strong west winds, the pilot informed ATC about an engine failure. Shortly later, the airplane crashed into the Pacific Ocean. SAR operations were conducted but no trace of the airplane nor the eight occupants was ever found. Crew: Germán Acevedo Salas, pilot. Passengers: Víctor Duque Martínez, Eulogio Riveros, Carmen Camacho, Mónica Araya, N. Araya, Guillermina N. de Araya, Varsovia N. de Recabarren.

Rockwell Grand Commander 680

The crew was completing a local training flight at Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport. Following three successful landings, the crew attempted a fourth landing when the twin engine airplane landed hard. On touchdown, one of the main landing gear partially collapsed and the airplane rolled for about 500 meters before it veered off runway and came to rest in a ditch. While both pilots were uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.