ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13634
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| Date: | Thursday 23 August 1979 |
| Time: | 00:38 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Plumley Air Service Inc |
| Registration: | N27715 |
| MSN: | 31-7852115 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, Michigan (YIP/KYIP) |
| Bluffton Airport, Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio (FAA LID: 5G7) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 23 August 1979 when the pilot lost control of the aircraft due to spatial disorientation, and crashed on approach to Bluffton Airport, Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio. Aircraft was on a cargo flight from Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, Michigan to Bluffton, and caught fire on impact, killing the pilot (sole person on board).
The official NTSB report into the accident "PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION"
Registration N27715 cancelled by the FAA on July 29, 1982
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: CHI79DA066 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=34397&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=27715
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20171029174803/http://www.baaa-acro.com:80/1979/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-bluffton-1-killed/
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/oh/N27715/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-May-2015 20:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2017 01:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2017 02:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 29-Oct-2019 17:59 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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