Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Dec 11, 1984 (2 killed), Po...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on December 11, 1984 near Pontiac, Michigan, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control in instrument...
- Date: December 11, 1984
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Pontiac, Michigan, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of control in instrument conditions after departing with one dry air pump inoperative and the other reading low; both pump drive shafts were found sheared (ASN narrative citing NTSB CHI85FA070).
A Richards Aviation Piper PA-31-310 Navajo on a charter flight from Bolivar, Tennessee to Pontiac, Michigan lost control during an instrument approach in cloud. Both occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.