Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Jan 1, 2002 (1 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on January 1, 2002 near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot's...
- Date: January 1, 2002
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's inadequate fuel planning and failure to refuel, resulting in fuel exhaustion over the ocean, a power-off glide and a ditching.
A Piper Navajo Chieftain on an on-demand air taxi flight from North Eleuthera to Fort Lauderdale ran out of fuel over the Atlantic and ditched about 300 yards off Dania Beach, Florida. The pilot had not refuelled during the day and declared an emergency only shortly before ditching. The aircraft sank in about 15 feet of water; four of the five occupants survived, but one passenger drowned.