Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Apr 13, 1990 (1 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on April 13, 1990 near Springfield-Branson, Missouri, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: Inadvertent...
- Date: April 13, 1990
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Springfield-Branson, Missouri, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Inadvertent flight into instrument conditions with spatial disorientation, leading to loss of control. Contributing factors were the pilot's inadequate weather evaluation, darkness, a low ceiling and fog.
A Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain (N6KG) departed Springfield, Missouri, for Mount Vernon on the evening of 13 April 1990. Radar contact was lost soon after takeoff and the aircraft came down about 7 miles southwest of Mount Vernon in low cloud, killing the sole occupant, the pilot.