Date:	Wednesday 17 November 1971
Time:	19:00 LT
Type:	Piper PA-31 Navajo
Owner/operator:	Savannah Aero Service
Registration:	N780JM
MSN:	31-120
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Iuka, Mississippi -   United States of America
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Iuka, Mississippi (15M)
Destination airport:	Savannah-Hardin County, Savannah, Tennessee (KSNH/SNH)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) 17 November 1971 when crashed from steep left turn into swamp, during initial climb out from Iuka, Mississippi. Possible that temporary loss of power occurred. All four persons on board (two crew and two passengers) were killed.

1. NTSB Identification: MIA72AM045 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=62863&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=780JM
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1971/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-iuka-4-killed/]
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ms/N780JM/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Feb-2008 12:00	ASN archive	Added
26-Apr-2015 22:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
29-Oct-2019 17:42	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, ]