ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146231
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| Date: | Friday 8 June 2012 |
| Time: | 14:27 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-325 Navajo C/R |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N174BH |
| MSN: | 31-7612038 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Duluth, MN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | South St Paul Municipal Richard E Fleming field, MN (KSGS) |
| South St Paul Municipal Richard E Fleming field, MN (KSGS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On June 8, 2012, about 1307 central daylight time, a Piper PA-31-325, N174BH, departed from the South St Paul Municipal Airport-Richard E Fleming Field (SGS), South St Paul, Minnesota for a maintenance test flight. The airplane reportedly had one of its two engines replaced and the pilot was to fly for about 4 hours to break-in the engine. The airplane did not return from the flight and was reported overdue. The airplane is missing and is presumed to have crashed. The airline transport pilot has not been located. The airplane was registered to Family Celebrations LLC, and was operated as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The flight departed SGS with the intention of returning to SGS at the conclusion of the flight.
The airline transport-rated pilot departed in the twin-engine airplane for a maintenance flight to break in a new engine. The flight was expected to last about 4 hours. Radar track data indicated that the airplane departed the airport and proceeded north following the western shoreline of a lake. While following the shoreline, the airplane descended from about 2,800 to 1,600 ft, which was its last recorded position. When the airplane did not return on time, it was reported missing, and an extensive search was conducted. However, the airplane and pilot were not found.
Probable Cause: Undetermined because the airplane was not found.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: 2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=174BH
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jun-2012 12:27 | gerard57 | Added |
| 10-Jun-2012 13:45 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Oct-2017 22:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2017 20:44 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2023 21:43 | Captain Adam | Updated [[Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]] |
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