ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13615
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| Date: | Monday 18 September 1978 |
| Time: | 10:42 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Palmer Air Charter |
| Registration: | N63731 |
| MSN: | 31-7752054 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (BAF/KBAF) Hampden County, Massachus |
| Pontiac Municipal Airport (PNT/KPNT) Pontiac, Michigan | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 18 September 1978 due to a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) at Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts: aircraft collided with a hill. Aircraft wreckage scattered for 500 feet. Weather at the crash scene reported to be fog and rain. According to the official NTSB report into the accident: "PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
Aircraft was on a cargo flight from Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport (BAF/KBAF) Hampden County, Massachusetts to Pontiac Municipal Airport (PNT/KPNT) Pontiac, Michigan. Both persons on board (pilot and one passenger) were killed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: NYC78FA095 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=39605&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=63731
3. https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N63731
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ma/N63731/
5. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1978/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-massachusetts-2-killed/]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-May-2015 02:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2017 23:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source] |
| 29-Oct-2019 18:02 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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