Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain

While on a night cargo flight from Houma to Amarillo, one of the engine failed due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing in a prairie. Upon landing, the airplane collided with fences and came to rest. Both occupants were seriously injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

While in cruising altitude in good weather conditions, en route from Concord to White Plains, the twin engine airplane collided with a Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith Aerostar 600) owned by Northeast Cellulose Inc and registered N8011J. En route from Boston to Syracuse, it was carrying one passenger and one pilot. Following the collision, both aircraft entered a dive and crashed near Templeton. Both aircraft were destroyed and all five occupants were killed.

The twin engine airplane departed Detroit-Wayne County Airport at the end of the afternoon on a flight to Saranac Lake-Adirondack Airport, NY. While descending by night and limited visibility due to snow falls, at an altitude of 3,100 feet, the airplane struck tree tops and crashed in a wooded area located on Mt Nye, in The Adirondack Mountain Range, about six miles south of Lake Placid. As the airplane failed to arrive, SAR operations were initiated but eventually abandoned after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the three occupant was found. Walkers found the wreckage on 29 April 1979, about 16 miles southeast of Saranac Lake Airport.

The twin engine airplane departed Port Gentil, Gabon, on a charter flight to the Ivory Coast, carrying three passengers and a pilot. En route, it crashed in unknown circumstances in a wooded area located west of Takoradi, near the border between Ghana and Ivory Coast. All four occupants were killed.

While approaching Charlotte Amalie Airport on a cargo flight from Christiansted, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea few km offshore. SAR operations were initiated but eventually abandoned after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the pilot was found.

While cruising in marginal weather conditions on a cargo flight from Westfield-Barnes to Pontiac, the twin engine airplane struck the slope of a mountain located in Granville, Massachusetts. The burnt wreckage was found 500 feet below the summit and both occupants were killed.

After takeoff from runway 25, at an altitude of 100 feet above ground level, the aircraft pitched up and reached a maximum pitch attitude of 50° to 75°. The aircraft crossed the highway while climbing to an altitude of about 400 feet, 2,000 feet from the departure end of the runway. It then began what witnesses described as a 'wingover' or 'sudden violent nose down turn' to the right, recrossed the highway and crashed in an almost level pitch attitude while in a slight right bank and a slight left yaw. Witnesses to the accident were attracted to the aircraft by the high pitch attitude after takeoff. During the post takeoff maneuver, the engines were reported to be running at a high power setting. The aircraft crashed about one minute after the takeoff roll began; it came to rest in an open field about 1,150 feet past the departure end of the runway and about 650 feet to the right of the runway. The impact heading was 025° magnetic. All 10 occupants were killed, among them Australian tourists.

Crashed in unknown circumstances after takeoff from Puerto Francisco de Orellana Airport, killing all seven occupants.

The pilot, sole on board, was performing a local test flight at Mena Airport. During initial climb, one of the engine failed. He elected to return but misjudged his altitude and clearance when the airplane struck trees and crashed near the airport. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was injured.

While in cruising altitude and approaching Indianapolis from the east, the pilot encountered very bad weather conditions. He informed ATC about severe turbulences when control was lost. The twin engine airplane entered a spin and eventually crashed in a field located in Arlington. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all nine occupants were killed, among them seven employees of the United States Auto Club.