Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Dec 26, 1991 (9 killed), Mu...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on December 26, 1991 near Musiara, Rift Valley, Kenya with 9 fatalities. Cause: Bird strike through the windscreen that...
- Date: December 26, 1991
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Musiara, Rift Valley, Kenya
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Bird strike through the windscreen that incapacitated the pilot, followed by an uncontrolled descent.
A Piper Navajo chartered from Mombasa was flying low over the Musiara airstrip after a DC-3 mishap there when it struck a white-backed vulture. The bird came through the windscreen and killed the pilot, and the aircraft went into an uncontrolled descent and crashed beyond the airfield in flames. All nine people on board died.