Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Feb 14, 1989, Pac...
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on February 14, 1989 near Pacific Ocean, World with no fatalities. Cause: Loss of oil pressure in the right...
- Date: February 14, 1989
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Pacific Ocean, World
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Loss of oil pressure in the right engine from unknown causes, with the overweight condition needed for the overwater fuel load as a contributing factor.
A Southern Cross Aviation Piper Navajo Chieftain lost oil pressure in its right engine during cruise over the Pacific. The aircraft was overweight for the overwater fuel load and could not hold altitude on one engine, so the pilot ditched it in the ocean and it was never recovered.