Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Feb 19, 1988 (3 killed), At...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on February 19, 1988 near Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control during the...
- Date: February 19, 1988
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of control during the approach, with fog, windshear, turbulence, inadequate wind compensation and spatial disorientation as contributing factors.
A Piper Navajo charter from Norwood, Massachusetts to Atlantic City lost radar contact about one mile from the runway on a night ILS approach and crashed in wooded terrain in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. All three people aboard were killed.