Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Aug 28, 1989 (5 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on August 28, 1989 near Lynchburg-Falwell, Virginia, United States with 5 fatalities. Cause: The pilot failed...
- Date: August 28, 1989
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Lynchburg-Falwell, Virginia, United States
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot failed to maintain obstruction clearance because of improper IFR operation, with descent below decision height, a delayed missed approach and fog as contributing factors.
A Piper PA 31 350 Navajo Chieftain registered N234J operated by Bay Land Aviation crashed about half a mile east of Lynchburg Regional Airport on 28 August 1989 during a charter from Salisbury, Maryland. All five people aboard were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.