Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Mar 31, 1979 (4 killed), Mt...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on March 31, 1979 near Mt Fleckistock Uri, Switzerland with 4 fatalities. Cause: Insufficient vertical separation from...
- Date: March 31, 1979
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Mt Fleckistock Uri, Switzerland
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Insufficient vertical separation from cloud top and failure to see and avoid the mountain while flying VFR in cloud.
Piper PA-31 Navajo D-IORA of Patzig Fleischwaren flew into the west face of Mount Fleckistock near Wassen, Uri, Switzerland, on 31 March 1979 while in cloud. All four occupants died and the aircraft was destroyed. One pilot's body was never recovered.