Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Mar 12, 2002 (3 killed), At...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on March 12, 2002 near Atlanta, Idaho, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: Pilot incapacitation, most likely from...
- Date: March 12, 2002
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Atlanta, Idaho, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Pilot incapacitation, most likely from hypoxia, followed by loss of control and in-flight overload failure of the right wing root.
A Piper Navajo operated for the Idaho Division of Aeronautics broke up in flight over the mountains near Atlanta, Idaho, while cruising toward Boise. Wreckage was scattered over rugged terrain, and the three people on board were killed. The pilot's altitude reports were inconsistent with radar and autopsy findings showed severe heart disease, so incapacitation was considered likely.