Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Sep 6, 2017 (1 killed), Cae...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on September 6, 2017 near Caernarfon, Gwynedd, United Kingdom with 1 fatality. Cause: AAIB: Cause not determined with...
- Date: September 6, 2017
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Caernarfon, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: AAIB: Cause not determined with high confidence due to fire damage and limited recorded data; elevator trim was found nose down, and a nose down trim runaway that the pilot could not stop is a possible scenario.
After reporting pitch control problems about 20 minutes after leaving a private strip in Cheshire, the pilot diverted to Caernarfon. The aircraft struck Runway 25 gear and flaps up at high speed with no flare and was destroyed, killing the sole occupant. The AAIB could not establish the cause with high confidence because of extensive fire damage, but found the elevator trim nose down and considered a trim runaway a possible scenario.