Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Oct 8, 1979 (8 killed), Cin...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on October 8, 1979 near Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Kentucky, United States with 8 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control...
- Date: October 8, 1979
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Kentucky, United States
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Loss of control following a partial loss of power immediately after liftoff. The NTSB also cited the pilot's inexperience in multiengine aircraft, a hurried departure, inadequate training, inexperienced company management and ineffective FAA certification and surveillance of the operator.
Comair Flight 444, a Piper PA-31 Navajo on a scheduled service to Nashville with seven passengers and one pilot, lost partial engine power shortly after takeoff from Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Airport. The aircraft rolled inverted and dove into the ground, and all eight occupants were killed.