Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Sep 3, 1990 (3 killed), Kaltag
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on September 3, 1990 near Kaltag, Alaska, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: The pilot failed to maintain adequate...
- Date: September 3, 1990
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Kaltag, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot failed to maintain adequate altitude after becoming distracted by an engine problem. Contributing factors were an unexplained loss of power in the No.
A scheduled passenger flight from Nulato to Kaltag in a Piper PA-31 Navajo operated by Frontier Flying Service crashed after the No. 2 engine lost power while flying under a low overcast. The aircraft descended until it touched the Yukon River, turned back and struck trees, then burned. Three of the ten occupants died.