Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Sep 2, 1986 (8 killed), Cairns
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on September 2, 1986 near Cairns, Queensland, Australia with 8 fatalities. Cause: Flight planning deficiencies and the...
- Date: September 2, 1986
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Cairns, Queensland, Australia
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Flight planning deficiencies and the pilot's choice of visual departure procedures, with the pilot apparently overlooking the lowest safe altitude requirements, according to the ATSB report as summarized by ASN.
Piper PA-31 Navajo VH-CJB departed Cairns on 2 September 1986 on a private holiday flight to Mount Isa and crashed on Mt Williams about 10 km west southwest of Cairns, Queensland. All eight people on board, the pilot and seven passengers, were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.