Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Oct 8, 1998, Rave...
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on October 8, 1998 near Ravenna-Portage County, Ohio, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot's...
- Date: October 8, 1998
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Ravenna-Portage County, Ohio, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's decision to keep operating the aircraft with inoperative equipment, which led to fuel exhaustion. The inoperative fuel quantity gauges and night conditions were contributing factors.
A Piper Navajo on a night positioning flight from Detroit to Ravenna had its fuel gauges and gear-light circuit breaker affected by an electrical fault. The pilot kept flying with the fault and made several more flights. On the final leg both engines lost power about 5 miles from the runway, and the fuel tanks were found empty. The pilot was not injured.