Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Oct 28, 1998 (1 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on October 28, 1998 near Hayden-Yampa Valley, Colorado, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot did...
- Date: October 28, 1998
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Hayden-Yampa Valley, Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot did not follow instrument procedures and descended to minimums prematurely, with mountainous terrain and falling snow as factors.
A Sundance Air Navajo Chieftain on an IFR cargo flight into Hayden in snow switched from the ILS to a VOR approach. The pilot descended to minimums early and struck mountainous terrain at 7,900 feet about 5.8 nm from the runway. The pilot was killed.