Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Jun 16, 2016 (2 killed), St...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on June 16, 2016 near State College-University Park, Pennsylvania, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: NTSB (per...
- Date: June 16, 2016
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: State College-University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSB (per the existing record): the pilot's decision to continue an unstabilized instrument approach in instrument meteorological conditions, rather than executing a missed approach as company procedures required, resulting in controlled flight into terrain.
On 16 June 2016 an Aero National Piper PA 31 Navajo on an air taxi medical flight was on an instrument approach to University Park Airport in State College in overcast, mist and 1 mile visibility. The aircraft descended well above the glideslope and at a rate above 1,700 fpm before radar contact was lost, and it struck wooded terrain about a mile east of the airport. The NTSB found the pilot continued an unstabilized approach instead of a missed approach, and both occupants were killed.