ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13639
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| Date: | Friday 25 January 1974 |
| Time: | 18:50 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31P Pressurized Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Kinzig Tool Co |
| Registration: | N7672L |
| MSN: | 31P-7300154 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cuyahoga County Airport, Willoughby Hills, Ohio -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Detroit, Michigan |
| Cuyahoga County Airport (CGF/KCGF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 25 January 1974 when crashed on approach to Cuyahoga County Airport, Willoughby Hills, Ohio. Accident attributed to propeller failure, leading to engine over speeding and an emergency landing. According to the NTSB report "schrader valve cap and stem missing. No air charge in cylinder".
All four persons on board (pilot and three passengers) were killed. The two occupants of a house, impacted and destroyed by the aircraft, were also killed. Registration N7672L cancelled by the FAA on February 7, 1975
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: CHI74AC063 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=83196&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7672L
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1974/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-willoughby-4-killed/]
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/oh/N7672L/
5. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88447/tom-mester-plane-crash/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-May-2011 07:58 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 27-Apr-2015 19:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2017 15:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2020 13:50 | tsterle | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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