Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Jun 24, 1989 (3 killed)

Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on June 24, 1989 near Pelée Island, Ontario, Canada with 3 fatalities.

A South West Air Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain air ambulance departed Pelee Island at night bound for Windsor, Ontario. Shortly after takeoff it went out of control and crashed into Lake Erie. Three of the five occupants died, and the copilot and patient survived.

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