Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Feb 27, 2000, Sto...
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on February 27, 2000 near Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot descended...
- Date: February 27, 2000
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot descended below minimum descent altitude to fly under the cloud base during a visual approach, likely misjudging the horizon; overloading and other findings were also recorded.
An Athabaska Airways Piper Navajo Chieftain on an instrument charter from Edmonton to Stony Rapids missed two non-directional beacon approaches at night. On a visual approach below minimum descent altitude the pilot struck trees 3.5 nautical miles west of the runway. The pilot and one passenger were seriously injured and five passengers had minor injuries, and the aircraft was substantially damaged.