Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Jun 11, 1986, Brize Norton AFB
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on June 11, 1986 near Brize Norton AFB, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom with no fatalities. Cause: Engine failure caused by...
- Date: June 11, 1986
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Brize Norton AFB, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Engine failure caused by a fuel leak.
A Piper Navajo operated by Airways International Cymru made an emergency landing at RAF Brize Norton on 11 June 1986 after an engine failure caused by a fuel leak. The aircraft caught fire on impact and was destroyed, but all three occupants escaped, some with burn injuries.