ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13611
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 September 1980 |
| Time: | 14:15 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Air Bahia |
| Registration: | N3542X |
| MSN: | 31-7952239 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | N of Magdalena de Kino, SON -
 Mexico
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | General José María Yáñez International airport, Guaymas, Mexico (GYM/M |
| Tucson International Airport, Tucson, Arizona (TUS/KTUS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (destroyed) when crashed 30 September 1980 north of Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, Mexico and caught fire on impact. Cause of crash attributed to an Engine fire. Both persons on board - the pilot and the passenger (American guitarist Norman Sholin) were killed in the accident. Sholin was returning from visiting his convalescing father in San Carlos, Mexico.
Registration N3542X cancelled by the FAA on May 6, 1983
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: LAX81OA021 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=30045&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=3542X
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://tucsonmusiciansmuseum.org/sholin-norman/]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2013 16:22 | harro | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-May-2015 23:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2017 19:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2017 19:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 27-Apr-2018 17:59 | TB | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 29-Oct-2019 17:52 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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