Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Nov 13, 1996 (8 killed), Ngong
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on November 13, 1996 near Ngong, Kajiado, Kenya with 8 fatalities. Cause: Engine failure in flight for unknown reasons,...
- Date: November 13, 1996
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Ngong, Kajiado, Kenya
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Engine failure in flight for unknown reasons, followed by loss of control during the return to Nairobi.
A Piper Navajo chartered from Nairobi to Mwanza with 8 people aboard reported an engine failure after takeoff and turned back toward Wilson Airport. About twenty minutes after departure it went out of control and crashed in the Ngong Hills, killing everyone aboard. The cause of the engine failure was not determined in the sources reviewed.