Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Sep 15, 2015, Tho...
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on September 15, 2015 near Thompson, Manitoba, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: TSB A15C0134: delivery of...
- Date: September 15, 2015
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Thompson, Manitoba, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: TSB A15C0134: delivery of the incorrect fuel type (Jet A1 into an aircraft requiring AVGAS) caused loss of power from both engines necessitating a forced landing, and the fuelling operation was not adequately supervised by the flight crew.
Shortly after takeoff from Thompson, Manitoba, on an IFR flight to Winnipeg with two pilots and six passengers, both engines of the Keystone Air Service Piper PA 31 350 lost power. The aircraft had been refuelled with Jet A1 instead of AVGAS, and the crew could not maintain altitude on the return, so they made a forced landing in forest beside a highway. All eight occupants escaped with serious injuries and no fire, and the TSB found the wrong fuel and lack of fuelling supervision caused the accident.