Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Sep 21, 1990 (1 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on September 21, 1990 near Flagstaff-Pulliam, Arizona, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot flew...
- Date: September 21, 1990
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Flagstaff-Pulliam, Arizona, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot flew VFR into instrument meteorological conditions and failed to maintain altitude during the approach, with darkness, adverse weather and the operator's failure to give current weather as contributing factors, per the NTSB.
A P.M. Air Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain (N3558) on a night cargo flight from Phoenix crashed into trees about 2.5 miles south-southeast of Flagstaff-Pulliam Airport, Arizona, on 21 September 1990 during an approach. The sole pilot was killed and the aircraft was destroyed.