Not sure of the type, maybe a P Navajo.
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Yes, a Navajo.
The before takeoff checklist in that airplane required the main fuel tanks to be selected (IE:main tanks to engines), which is very similar to most all medium GA twin engine aircraft, yet...one fuel tank selector was set to the aux tank, which contained little fuel.
A very basic mistake, and even then, the airplane could have continued to fly OK on the remaining operating engine, but did not do so due to pilot mishandling.
A classic case of simply not paying attention, and not following the written checklist.
Cali Colombia...a rushed approach due to a runway change, duff gen in the FMS, but through this, the pilots simply disregarded the RMI raw data indications, and flew the airplane into a hill, following the magenta line.
Crew error, no more nor less, of a very basic type.
Little Rock...attempting to land with a TS right over the airfield.
Crew error here, too.
Add all these up, and combine them with 587, the DC-10 at Chicago (maintenance error, on a grand scale...the pilots did the best they could under the circumstances), Jamaica just recently (details uncertain at this time, however it would appear a long deep landing combined with a tailwind, then overrun) and I find rather basic errors on the part of AA pilots/maintenance staff to be....simply not acceptable.
One certainly hopes these deficiencies are corrected, and AA can once again be the very safe airline it once was.
I rest my case.