Piper PA-31 Cheyenne crash, Feb 18, 1993, Pittsfield
Piper PA-31 Cheyenne accident on February 18, 1993 near Pittsfield, Maine, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Pilot's inadequate inflight...
- Date: February 18, 1993
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne
- Location: Pittsfield, Maine, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot's inadequate inflight decision to continue the landing without runway lights and his delay in starting a go-around, with overconfidence as a related factor.
A corporate Piper Cheyenne landing at Pittsfield at night could not see the runway lights, which had not come on. The pilot mistook snowmobile tracks beside the runway for the runway, touched down in deep snow off the side, and his go-around came too late. The nose gear collapsed, and no one was hurt.