Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Dec 14, 2000 (1 killed), Be...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on December 14, 2000 near Belvidere, North Carolina, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot's failure to...
- Date: December 14, 2000
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Belvidere, North Carolina, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane because of spatial disorientation while flying in instrument meteorological conditions, which led to a descending turn into terrain (NTSB).
A Piper Navajo flying from Vero Beach to Edenton encountered instrument conditions and made climbing and descending turns that showed on radar. It then made a final descending turn and was lost from radar about 2,000 feet above ground. The aircraft hit the ground nearly vertically and the single pilot was killed.