Date:	Saturday 31 March 1973
Time:	20:53 LT
Type:	Piper PA-31 Navajo
Owner/operator:	Midwest Tankers Inc
Registration:	N300X
MSN:	31-412
Year of manufacture:	1969
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Jerry Tyler Memorial Airport, Niles, Berrien County, Michigan -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Owensboro–Davies County Airport (OWB/KOWB) Owensboro, Kentucky
Destination airport:	Jerry Tyler Memorial Airport (FAA LID: 3TR) Niles, Michigan
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) 31 March 1973 When crashed into trees on approach to Jerry Tyler Memorial Airport, Niles, Berrien County, Michigan. Aircraft descended below MDA (Minimum Designated Approach) in known thunderstorm conditions. Both persons on board (pilot and one passenger) were killed, as aircraft caught fire on impact.

1. NTSB Identification: CHI73AC080 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=68195&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=300X
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1973/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-michigan-2-killed/]
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/mi/N300X/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Feb-2008 12:00	ASN archive	Added
26-Apr-2015 23:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
15-Sep-2017 21:32	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Source, ]
15-Sep-2017 21:34	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, ]
29-Oct-2019 18:10	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, ]