Aircraft Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk crashed in Aruba after running out of fuel. The accident happened near the town of Calabas, causing non-life-threatening injuries of the two people on board. The aircraft sent a distress signal for a technical problem. The emergency teams were sent at the scene of the crash and assisted the two people on board. The investigation for the root cause of the accident is underway.
According to preliminary information, the two people on board of the aircraft Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk take out from the debris and reported to authorities that there was a strong headwind and fuel problem.
The investigators established that airplane went out of fuel during a flight from the Dominican Republic to Aruba, losing the attitude and crashed near the town of Calabas.
The Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk is a two-seat, fixed tricycle gear general aviation airplane, originally designed for flight training, touring and personal use. It is a single-engined low-wing cantilever monoplane with a T-tail and an enclosed cabin for two.
