Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Sep 27, 2003 (3 killed), Gaspé
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on September 27, 2003 near Gaspé, Quebec, Canada with 3 fatalities. Cause: The pilot descended to minimum descent...
- Date: September 27, 2003
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Gaspé, Quebec, Canada
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot descended to minimum descent altitude without being established on the localizer and then continued below it without visual references, resulting in controlled flight into terrain.
A Piper Navajo on a visual flight from the Magdalen Islands to Gaspé made an instrument approach in fog with a low ceiling. The pilot descended below the minimum altitude without the visual references needed to land, and the aircraft hit a hilltop 1.2 nautical miles from the airport. The wreckage was found the following day, and all three occupants died.