Pago Pago - Norfolk Island

On February 14, 1989 at 12:00 PM, Pago Pago - Norfolk Island experienced a crash involving Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, operated by Southern Cross Aviation, with the event recorded near Pacific Ocean All World.

The flight was categorized as ferry and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. During cruise flight, the right engine suddenly lost oil pressure. The pilot could see that oil was coming out of the engine area. The pilot shut the engine down. Due to high gross weight, the airplane was unable to maintain altitude on the remaining engine. The airplane was ditched in the ocean and not recovered. The pilot was rescued a day later.

Aircraft reference details include registration N41169, MSN 31-8452009, year of manufacture 1984.