Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Nov 24, 2016 (1 killed), Zi...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on November 24, 2016 near Zielona Góra-Przylep, Lubusz Voivodeship (Lubuskie), Poland with 1 fatality. Cause: Per the...
- Date: November 24, 2016
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Zielona Góra-Przylep, Lubusz Voivodeship (Lubuskie), Poland
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Per the BAAA database summary of the Polish investigation report 2970/16: the pilot mistakenly retracted the undercarriage at liftoff and did not decide to abandon the takeoff when both propellers contacted the runway.
A Piper PA31 310 Navajo C (D IFBU) operated by an air taxi company crashed on takeoff from a grass runway at Zielona Góra Przylep, Poland, on 24 November 2016 during a ferry flight to Nordhorn, Germany. The sole pilot was killed when the nose dropped, both engines were torn off and the aircraft was destroyed; there was no fire. Poland's investigators published report 2970/16 in 2017.