ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 130710
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Date: | Friday 17 November 1967 |
Time: | 18:10 |
Type: | Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche |
Owner/operator: | Chagrin Twin Charter Service Inc |
Registration: | N7704Y |
MSN: | 30-792 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Chagrin Falls Airport, OH -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Chagrin Falls Airport, Chagrin Falls, Ohio (FAA LID: 5G1) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Written off (destroyed) November 17, 1967 when flew into the ground on approach to Chargin Falls Airport, Chagrin Falls, Ohio (FAA LID: 5G1); aircraft undershot on approach, and caught fire after impact. (The NTSB report describes it as a CFIT - Controlled Flight Into Terrain). The pilot (the sole person on board) survived, but was seriously injured. According to the official NTSB report into the accident:
"PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION
FACTOR(S)
WEATHER - LOW CEILING - FOG
AIRCRAFT DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED LANDING MINIMA."
Registration N7704Y cancelled by the FAA on July 10, 1970. Chagrin Falls Airport - located at or near Bell Street, Chagrin Falls, Ohio - now longer exists; it was closed in May 1979, and the site redeveloped for housing.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI68F0542 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: CHI68F0542 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=15854&key=0 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7704Y 3.
http://planecrashmap.com/list/oh/ 4.
http://web.archive.org/web/20171104233618/http://www.airfields-freeman.com:80/OH/Airfields_OH_Cleveland_S.htm 5.
https://ohio.hometownlocator.com/maps/feature-map,ftc,3,fid,1988518,n,chagrin 6.
http://www.aviationdb.com/Aviation/Aircraft/7/N7704Y.shtm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Jan-2017 22:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
09-Nov-2022 08:35 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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