Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Nov 22, 1995 (1 killed), Ka...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on November 22, 1995 near Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada with 1 fatality. Cause: A night VFR descent over...
- Date: November 22, 1995
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A night VFR descent over mountainous terrain with inadequate visual cues to judge height, after the captain cancelled his IFR plan and started the visual approach well outside the circuit.
A Navair Charter Piper Navajo mail flight from Williams Lake to Kamloops cancelled its IFR plan and descended for a visual approach at night over mountains. It hit trees about seven nautical miles east-southeast of Kamloops. The captain was killed, the first officer was seriously injured, and the aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire.