Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Apr 7, 1994 (2 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on April 7, 1994 near Elizabethton, Tennessee, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: The pilot attempted a...
- Date: April 7, 1994
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Elizabethton, Tennessee, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot attempted a VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions and did not maintain adequate altitude over mountainous terrain. Clouds and obscuration at the accident site were factors.
An air ambulance Piper Navajo Chieftain operated by Augusta Aviation was on a positioning flight to collect a patient. After cancelling IFR, the pilot continued toward an uncontrolled airport in deteriorating cloud over mountainous terrain. The aircraft struck wooded upslope terrain near Holston Mountain and both occupants were killed; the NTSB found no mechanical malfunction.