Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Jan 19, 2014 (4 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on January 19, 2014 near Langgur (Kai Island), Maluku, Indonesia with 4 fatalities. Cause: NTSC (as...
- Date: January 19, 2014
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Langgur (Kai Island), Maluku, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSC (as summarized by BAAA): the left engine most likely failed during approach and the propeller did not set to feather, resulting in significant asymmetric forces, yaw and roll, and loss of control before impact with terrain.
A Piper PA 31 350 Navajo Chieftain operated by Intanair crashed about 1.6 nautical miles northeast of Langgur Airport on Kai Island during a positioning flight from Jayapura to Surabaya on 19 January 2014. All four people on board were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post impact fire. The investigation summarized by BAAA concluded that the left engine most likely failed during the approach and the propeller did not feather, producing asymmetric forces that made the aircraft uncontrollable; the aircraft had no flight recorders.