Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, May 7, 2008, Wint...
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on May 7, 2008 near Winterveld, Gauteng, South Africa with no fatalities. Cause: A rock strike during the...
- Date: May 7, 2008
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Winterveld, Gauteng, South Africa
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A rock strike during the landing roll tore off the right main landing gear.
A Piper Navajo Chieftain landed at a site in Winterveld and struck a rock on the ground. The right main gear was torn off, and the aircraft veered right and came to rest with its right wing badly damaged. No one was injured and the aircraft was written off.