Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Oct 22, 1990 (4 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on October 22, 1990 near Terrace, British Columbia, Canada with 4 fatalities. Cause: The pilot likely...
- Date: October 22, 1990
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Terrace, British Columbia, Canada
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot likely attempted to continue visual flight into an area of instrument meteorological conditions, resulting in controlled flight into terrain (TSB report A90P0340).
Trans-Provincial Airlines Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain C-GKIY was flying a scheduled visual flight from Terrace to Iskut, Dease Lake and Bronson Creek on 22 October 1990 when it disappeared with four people aboard. The wreckage was not found until August 1994 and the TSB found the aircraft had struck trees in controlled level flight.