Piper PA-31 Cheyenne crash, Jun 5, 1990 (4 killed), Horta

Piper PA-31 Cheyenne accident on June 5, 1990 near Horta, Azores Islands, Portugal with 4 fatalities.

An Inter Thon Piper Cheyenne II on a tuna survey flight from Ponta Delgada was cleared to land at Horta, Azores, on 5 June 1990. On final approach to runway 29 it made an unexpected right turn, lost height and crashed about 600 m right of the extended centreline, where it burned. All four people on board were killed.

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