Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Aug 18, 1989, Carnarvon
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on August 18, 1989 near Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia with no fatalities. Cause: The left main landing gear...
- Date: August 18, 1989
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The left main landing gear would not lower because both hinges on the inboard gear door had fractured.
A Piper PA 31 Navajo registered VH-DEG on a flight from Geraldton to Carnarvon, Western Australia, landed with its gear retracted after the left main landing gear would not lower. It hit a levee bank short of the dirt runway threshold. The pilot was seriously injured and a passenger was slightly injured.