Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Aug 18, 1995 (2 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on August 18, 1995 near Ardoch, North Dakota, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: The pilot-in-command...
- Date: August 18, 1995
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Ardoch, North Dakota, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot-in-command continued flight into adverse weather and did not obtain a weather observation; the aircraft encountered a microburst.
A Piper Navajo Chieftain flying from Thief River Falls to Minot without a weather briefing penetrated a thunderstorm near Ardoch. Radar studies show it was caught in the downdraft of a microburst, control was lost and the aircraft crashed. Both occupants died.