ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13574
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| Date: | Thursday 11 November 1976 |
| Time: | 16:36 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Centurion Builders |
| Registration: | N74941 |
| MSN: | 31-7305086 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Spring Lake, Ottawa County, Michigan -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Traverse City, Michigan (TVC/KTVC) |
| Grand Haven, Michigan (FAA LID:3GM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 11 November 1976 when stalled and crashed at Spring Lake, Ottawa County, Michigan, due to failure of both engines on final approach to Grand Haven, Michigan. Fuel starvation was a probable factor. According to the NTSB report into the accident: "right boost pump inoperative, cross-feed used to start right engine. Cross-feed found on,left inboard tank dry".
Of the nine persons on board (pilot and eight passengers) two were killed (the pilot and one passenger). Registration N74941 cancelled by the FAA on 6 February 1977
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: CHI77FA006 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=56007&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=74941
3. http://baaa-acro.maleo.net/1976/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-spring-lake-2-killed/
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/mi/N74941/
5. http://www.aviationdb.com/Aviation/Aircraft/7/N74941.shtm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Apr-2015 22:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2017 23:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2017 23:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 29-Oct-2019 18:07 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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