Santiago – Puerto Montt

On January 19, 2012 at 09:00 PM, Santiago – Puerto Montt experienced a crash involving Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, operated by Compañía Chilena de Fósforos, with the event recorded near Puerto Montt-Marcel Marchant (La Paloma) Región de Los Lagos.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft departed Santiago-Eulogio Sánchez Errázuriz-Tobalaba Airport at 1815LT on a flight to Puerto Montt, carrying seven passengers and one pilot. On approach to Puerto Montt-Marcel Marchant Airport runway 19, his attention was focused on the GPS and he forgot to lower the landing gear. The aircraft belly landed and slid for few dozen metres before coming to rest on the main runway. All eight occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration CC-PLL, MSN 31-7920005, year of manufacture 1979.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -41.4548°, -72.9193°.