Piper PA-31 Cheyenne crash, Jan 2, 2004 (3 killed), Dampi...
Piper PA-31 Cheyenne accident on January 2, 2004 near Dampierre-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, France with 3 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control, most likely...
- Date: January 2, 2004
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne
- Location: Dampierre-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, France
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of control, most likely due to rapid airframe icing that the pilot did not take sufficiently into account. Fatigue after a long single-pilot flight and the high workload of a single-pilot VOR/DME approach were contributing factors.
A Piper Cheyenne I on a flight from Corfu to Toussus-le-Noble lost speed and height on the VOR/DME approach. It entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in woodland at Dampierre-en-Yvelines, about 10 km from the runway threshold. All three occupants were killed.