Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Apr 30, 2017 (2 killed), Sc...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on April 30, 2017 near Schefferville, Quebec, Canada with 2 fatalities. Cause: TSB: Sensation seeking, mental fatigue...
- Date: April 30, 2017
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Schefferville, Quebec, Canada
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: TSB: Sensation seeking, mental fatigue and an altered risk perception very likely led the pilot to descend to very low altitude, and the pilots were highly likely unaware of the power line in their path.
An Exact Air Piper Navajo on a magnetometric survey return flight to Schefferville descended to 40 to 100 feet above ground and struck a 70 foot power transmission line over railway tracks, crashing on a mine tailings deposit about 3.5 nautical miles northwest of the airport. Both pilots were killed and there was no fire. The TSB found that fatigue, sensation seeking and an altered risk perception likely led to the low flying, and that the pilots were highly likely unaware of the wires.