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What: CESSNA 210 en route from Concepcion to Santa Cruz
Where: Concepcion, Bolivia
When: April 13, 2009
Who: pilot and three passengers on a medical evacuation
Why: The plane “impacted terrain” during the night flight, but no reason is listed. The cause is under investigation.

George’s Point of View

Impacted terrain at night? I can’t wait to see what the NTSB has to say about this.
Brazil already says this is the pilots fault, though it is unclear what this quote is supposed to mean:

“Due to the fact that the pilot had violated flight rules, as explained by the representative of DGAC, the plane took off from the city of Santa Cruz 20 minutes after the expiry of the permitted duration of flights.”

Determining the cause at this point is a bit precipitous. Most accident investigations take years.