Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Sep 12, 1997, Grand Manan I...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on September 12, 1997 near Grand Manan Islands, New Brunswick, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: Loss of power on the...
- Date: September 12, 1997
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Grand Manan Islands, New Brunswick, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of power on the left engine during the approach for undetermined reasons, with low airspeed reducing the time to secure the engine and poor single-engine performance.
A Manan Air Piper Navajo, flying a return ferry leg from Yarmouth to Grand Manan at night, lost power on the left engine during the approach. The pilot feathered the propeller, but the aircraft could not climb on one engine, drifted into fog and struck trees and the ground, where it burned. The pilot survived with serious injuries and walked to a cabin until found about three hours later.