Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Dec 23, 1995 (2 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on December 23, 1995 near San Jose, California, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Air traffic...
- Date: December 23, 1995
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: San Jose, California, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Air traffic controller vectored the aircraft below the minimum vectoring altitude and the supervisor did not catch it; the flight crew did not maintain terrain awareness or challenge the instructions.
A Piper Navajo Chieftain on an Ameriflight instrument competency check was vectored by approach control at night to an altitude below the minimum vectoring altitude and flew into mountainous terrain. Both pilots were killed. The record reviewed was the input description; no independent source was located for this entry.