Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Oct 26, 2010, Wentworth
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on October 26, 2010 near Wentworth, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined. The...
- Date: October 26, 2010
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Wentworth, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined. The pilot attributed the lack of braking to the slippery grass surface and acknowledged the approach speed may have been high.
A Piper Navajo landing at a private grass strip near Wentworth had almost no braking on the wet surface. The aircraft ran off the far end of the runway and its left wing struck a stone wall. The pilot was uninjured, and the aircraft was destroyed.