Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Jan 15, 2010 (2 killed), Bl...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on January 15, 2010 near Bladon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom with 2 fatalities. Cause: The pilot probably became...
- Date: January 15, 2010
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Bladon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The pilot probably became incapacitated by severe coronary heart disease before the aircraft hit the ground. The passenger had no experience with this aircraft or with flight in instrument conditions.
A Navajo recently imported from Germany was taking off from Oxford on a test flight in mist and low cloud. It climbed to about 1,500 feet, began descending, and disappeared from radar before crashing into a field west of the airport, where a fire followed. Both occupants were killed.