Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Aug 16, 1992 (5 killed), Ka...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on August 16, 1992 near Karlstad, Värmland, Sweden with 5 fatalities. Cause: Double engine failure due to fuel...
- Date: August 16, 1992
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Karlstad, Värmland, Sweden
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Double engine failure due to fuel exhaustion. The flight was started with insufficient fuel, and no refuelling stop was made.
A Piper Navajo chartered from Roskilde to Karlstad ran out of fuel and lost both engines while approaching Karlstad. The aircraft came down in Lake Vanern, and five of the eight people aboard were killed. The Swedish investigation found the fuel exhaustion was caused by the flight being started with too little fuel.