Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, May 26, 2000 (1 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on May 26, 2000 near Zurich-Kloten, Zurich, Switzerland with 1 fatality. Cause: Both engines failed after the...
- Date: May 26, 2000
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Zurich-Kloten, Zurich, Switzerland
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Both engines failed after the aircraft was refuelled with Jet A-1 instead of AVGAS, and the pilot's turn back led to a collision with obstacles.
A Piper Navajo Chieftain was refuelled at Zurich with Jet A-1 kerosene instead of aviation gasoline. Soon after takeoff for Geneva both engines failed, and the pilot turned back and hit trees before coming down upside down in the Glatt river. The pilot was fatally injured.