Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Nov 10, 2011 (1 killed), Ec...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on November 10, 2011 near Ecuvillens, Fribourg, Switzerland with 1 fatality. Cause: An inadequate flight path after...
- Date: November 10, 2011
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Ecuvillens, Fribourg, Switzerland
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: An inadequate flight path after takeoff in weather unsuitable for VFR flight, with an irregular engine operation that drew the pilot's attention away from the flight path.
A Piper PA-31-310 Navajo took off from Ecuvillens in poor weather that did not allow VFR flight. Forty seconds after departure it clipped tree tops, lost wing and tail parts and its engine cowlings, then caught fire after hitting a powerline and crashing in a field. The sole pilot was killed.