Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Apr 23, 2007, Revelstoke
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on April 23, 2007 near Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined. The nose gear...
- Date: April 23, 2007
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined. The nose gear extension failure and the engine surges during the overshoot were not explained in the available sources.
A Piper Navajo on an aerial photography flight could not get the nose gear to extend on final approach to Revelstoke. The pilot aborted, both engines surged during the overshoot, and he made a gear-up landing in grass beside the runway. The dry grass caught fire and destroyed the aircraft, but both occupants escaped.