ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161855
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| Date: | Friday 1 November 2013 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-23-250 Aztec |
| Owner/operator: | Garlam Aviation Co |
| Registration: | N6068Y |
| MSN: | 27-3265 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Houston County Airport (KCHU), Caledonia, MN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Troy, MI (KVLL) |
| Caledonia, MN (KCHU) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot, a pilot-rated passenger seated in the front right seat, and two additional passengers departed on a cross-country flight in a twin-engine airplane. As they neared an airport, about halfway to their final destination airport, the pilot was cleared by an air traffic controller to conduct an instrument approach to the airport; shortly afterward, the pilot cancelled the clearance. There was no further communication with the pilot. The airplane was found about 590 feet northeast of the runway by a resident who happened to notice the wreckage. Examination of the airframe and engines revealed residual fuel was at the site and in both engines' fuel system components. The landing gear and the flaps were in the retracted positions. The examination did not find any abnormalities with the airframe or engines that would have prevented normal operation. The surviving passenger, who had flown with the pilots on numerous occasions, stated that they would typically stop for a break about halfway to their destination airport, but he could not recall any of the accident details.
Probable Cause: The pilot's loss of control for reasons that could not be determined because the postaccident airplane examination did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N6068Y
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N6068Y
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Media:
Plane crash in Minnesota field unnoticed for 1+ hour; 3 dead, 1 seriously injured: http://t.co/5SdosK8ll2 pic.twitter.com/2sLtnM68Re
— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) November 3, 2013
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Nov-2013 22:39 | Geno | Added |
| 01-Nov-2013 23:59 | Geno | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2013 01:02 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2013 07:26 | harro | Updated [Registration, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2013 01:17 | Geno | Updated [Time, Nature, Source, Embed code] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 09:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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