Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Dec 2, 2014 (1 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on December 2, 2014 near Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas with 1 fatality. Cause: AAIPU: Engine failure and...
- Date: December 2, 2014
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: AAIPU: Engine failure and the inability of the aircraft to maintain a safe altitude; contributing factor was failure of the left main landing gear. Weather was not a factor.
A Ferg's Air Piper PA 31 350 Navajo Chieftain operating as Southern Air Flight 302 lost power from its right engine while on approach to Lynden Pindling International Airport after a landing gear indication problem. Unable to maintain altitude on one engine, the pilot ditched about 6 nautical miles off New Providence, and the aircraft sank and was not recovered. One 77 year old passenger died during the evacuation and the other occupants were rescued. The Bahamas AAIPU found that engine failure and the inability to maintain altitude caused the accident.