Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, May 14, 1998, La...
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on May 14, 1998 near La Grande-3, Quebec, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: The crew did not refuel as...
- Date: May 14, 1998
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: La Grande-3, Quebec, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew did not refuel as planned and ran out of fuel; they had not fully understood the flight plan documents or calculated fuel consumption en route.
A Avionair Piper Navajo on a charter from Montreal to La Grande Riviere could not land at La Grande 3 because of weather and diverted toward La Grande 4. Its engines misfired and then stopped about 15 nautical miles north of La Grande 3 because the crew had not refuelled as planned. The pilot put the aircraft into trees beside a lake. One passenger had minor leg injuries and the others were unhurt.