Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Jun 5, 2000 (2 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on June 5, 2000 near Kiowa, Colorado, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: The flight instructor failed to...
- Date: June 5, 2000
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Kiowa, Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The flight instructor failed to maintain control of the aircraft during stall practice, which led to an inadvertent spin.
A flight instructor was giving second-in-command training to a commercial pilot in a Piper Navajo Chieftain when the aircraft entered a spin during stall practice. Witnesses described it descending in a spiral and it hit the ground in a nearly wings-level attitude, followed by a post-crash fire. Both occupants were killed.