Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Mar 8, 1987, Nair...
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on March 8, 1987 near Nairobi-Wilson, Nairobi City District, Kenya with no fatalities. Cause: Failure of the...
- Date: March 8, 1987
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Nairobi-Wilson, Nairobi City District, Kenya
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Failure of the left engine during the initial climb, reason not determined.
A Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain (5Y-AST) operated by Cooper Skybird Air Charters was destroyed on takeoff from Nairobi Wilson Airport on 8 March 1987 after its left engine failed in the initial climb. The left wing struck the runway, and none of the nine people aboard died.