Washington DC - Newport News - Baltimore

On October 20, 1976 at 07:08 PM, Washington DC - Newport News - Baltimore experienced a crash involving Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, operated by Skyline Aviation, with the event recorded near Hampton Virginia.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While descending to Newport News-Williamsburg Airport on a schedule flight from Washington DC, the right engine failed. The crew lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed into the sea off Hampton, about 12,5 miles southeast of the airport. The aircraft was lost and all four occupants were killed (the copilot's body was never recovered).

Aircraft reference details include registration N61436, MSN 31-7405465, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.0264°, -76.3443°.