Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Sep 24, 2001 (7 killed), An...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on September 24, 2001 near Antananarivo-Ivato, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar with 7 fatalities. Cause: Loss of...
- Date: September 24, 2001
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Antananarivo-Ivato, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of control after a double engine failure on approach, attributed in press reports to fuel exhaustion. No official investigation finding was located.
A Navajo on a charter from Mahajanga to Saint-Denis with a stop at Antananarivo crashed in mountainous terrain about 30 km from Ivato while approaching the airport. All seven aboard died. Press reports attributed the double engine failure to fuel exhaustion, but no official report was found.