Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Sep 18, 1978 (2 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on September 18, 1978 near Granville Massachusetts, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight...
- Date: September 18, 1978
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Granville Massachusetts, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the pilot continued VFR flight into adverse weather. Contributing factors were low flying, low ceiling, rain and fog.
Palmer Air Charter Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain N63731 was on a cargo flight from Westfield-Barnes to Pontiac. It struck the slope of a mountain in Granville, Massachusetts while cruising in marginal weather. Both occupants were killed. The wreckage was found burnt about 500 feet below the summit.