ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13575
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| Date: | Saturday 25 June 1977 |
| Time: | 10:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Orco Aviation Inc |
| Registration: | N54727 |
| MSN: | 31-7405250 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Grand Canyon, Arizona, near -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Riverside Municipal Airport, Riverside, California (RAL/KRAL) |
| Grand Canyon National Park Airport, Coconino County, Arizona (GCN/KGCN | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 25 June 1977 when crashed near the Grand Canyon, Arizona, on a sight-seeing flight from Riverside, California. Five of the nine persons on board (the pilot and four passengers) were killed. The other four passengers survived, albeit seriously injured. According to the official NTSB report into the accident:
"Oil leakage from right engine, engine feathered.No malfunction found. Pilot did not boost left engine power. Landing on plateau."
Registration N54727 cancelled by the FAA on November 16, 1977
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: LAX77FA053 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=46425&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=54727
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/az/N54727/
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1977/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-grand-canyon-5-killed/]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-May-2015 18:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2017 23:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Nature, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2017 23:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport] |
| 23-Sep-2017 23:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 29-Oct-2019 18:05 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
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