Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Dec 23, 1983, Anc...
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on December 23, 1983 near Anchorage-Ted Stevens Intl, Alaska, United States with no fatalities.
- Date: December 23, 1983
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Anchorage-Ted Stevens Intl, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
A Piper Navajo Chieftain taking off from Anchorage in dense fog was struck head on by a Korean Air DC 10 that had taxied onto the wrong runway. The Piper was destroyed and its occupants were injured, with no deaths. The investigation blamed the DC 10 crew for runway disorientation.