Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Mar 25, 1985, Eagle Lake
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on March 25, 1985 near Eagle Lake, Texas, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Unauthorized use of a stolen...
- Date: March 25, 1985
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Eagle Lake, Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Unauthorized use of a stolen aircraft, with the pilot misjudging distance and airspeed during the landing roll.
A Piper Navajo landed on a short private strip at Eagle Lake, Texas, overran it and struck a dirt bank and a tree. The pilot left the aircraft and could not be located, and the wreck appeared to have been set on fire afterward. No one was injured and the aircraft was destroyed.