Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Apr 3, 1988 (5 killed), Orinda
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on April 3, 1988 near Orinda, California, United States with 5 fatalities. Cause: No mechanical failure was found, and...
- Date: April 3, 1988
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Orinda, California, United States
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: No mechanical failure was found, and the loss of control was a stall in a steep climbing turn in low cloud.
A Piper Navajo flying from Redding to San Jose circled in a valley below low cloud, entered cloud and stalled in a steep climbing turn before crashing near Orinda, California. All five people aboard were killed.