Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Dec 23, 1987 (8 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on December 23, 1987 near Molokai, Hawaii, United States with 8 fatalities. Cause: Flight tests were...
- Date: December 23, 1987
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Molokai, Hawaii, United States
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Flight tests were consistent with loss of the left engine, which the pilot did not offset during a dark overcast night crossing.
A Piper Navajo Chieftain operated by Panorama Air Tour disappeared from radar during a night crossing from Honolulu to Molokai on 23 December 1987 with eight people aboard. Neither the aircraft nor the occupants were ever found. Radar reconstruction and flight tests pointed to a loss of the left engine that the pilot did not offset.