Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Mar 5, 1984 (3 killed), Cum...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on March 5, 1984 near Cumberland, Maryland, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: In-flight collision with terrain...
- Date: March 5, 1984
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Cumberland, Maryland, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: In-flight collision with terrain during the approach, with high terrain, clouds and fog, a heating or pressurization leak, the pilot not following the IFR procedure and not maintaining altitude as contributing factors (NTSB).
A Piper PA-31-310 Navajo (N6629L) flying from Baltimore to Cumberland, Maryland, struck mountainous terrain during an instrument approach to runway 23 on 5 March 1984, killing all three aboard. A post crash fire consumed most of the wreckage.