Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Mar 27, 1981 (4 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on March 27, 1981 near Galena, Alaska, United States with 4 fatalities. Cause: Uncontrolled collision with...
- Date: March 27, 1981
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Galena, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Uncontrolled collision with the ground during a go-around after a powerplant failure of undetermined origin. Contributing factors were failure to maintain flying speed, flap misuse and a possible right-engine magneto failure.
A Galena Air Service Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain (N66856) on a charter flight from Hughes crashed near the runway threshold at Galena, Alaska, after the pilot started a go-around with flaps fully down. All four occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.