VH-PYN (C680) — routes, history & safety record

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2009 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried VH-PYN.

December 2, 2005Accident
On 2 December 2005, at 1122 Eastern Daylight-saving Time, a Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-31-350 Chieftain aircraft, registered VH-PYN (PYN), departed Archerfield, Qld, on a private flight to Griffith, NSW. The flight was planned under the instrument flight rules (IFR).
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain · 4 fatalities
Contributing factors: • A line of thunderstorms crossed the aircraft’s intended track. • The aircraft was operating in the vicinity of thunderstorm cells. • In circumstances that could not be determined, the aircraft’s load limits were exceeded, causing structural failure of the airframe. Full accident record