Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, May 28, 1980 (6 killed), Mo...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on May 28, 1980 near Mobile-Bates Field, Alabama, United States with 6 fatalities. Cause: Aircraft overloaded and...
- Date: May 28, 1980
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Mobile-Bates Field, Alabama, United States
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Aircraft overloaded and loaded out of the forward center of gravity limit, with flaps fully down, leading to a stall during initial climb.
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo N6492L operated by Lake Aviation stalled during the initial climb after takeoff from Mobile Bates Field, Alabama, on a demonstration flight to Ocala. All six occupants were killed.