ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25755
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| Date: | Thursday 19 August 1971 |
| Time: | 20:40 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Downeast Airlines |
| Registration: | N595DE |
| MSN: | 31-422 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4 mi from Augusta State Airport, Kennebec County, ME -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Logan International Airport, Boston, MA (BOS/KBOS) |
| Augusta State Airport (AUG/KAUG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed in dense fog while making an approach to Augusta State Airport, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Aircraft was originally intended to land at Rockville, Maine, but diverted to Augusta. The pilot discontinued the VOR approach, attempted to maintain visual flight rules (VFR) in IFR conditions at an altitude below obstructing terrain.
Of the eight persons on board, the pilot and two passengers were fatally injured, two passengers received serious injuries, and three passengers received minor injuries
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the improper action of the pilot in discontinuing the execution of a nonprecision instrument approach and attempting to maintain visual flight while operating in instrument flight conditions at an altitude below the level of obstructing terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB: http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7206.pdf
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=595DE
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Aug-2010 06:06 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Aug-2010 06:08 | TB | Updated [[Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
| 26-Apr-2015 22:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2020 14:03 | harro | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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