Date:	Friday 25 January 1974
Time:	18:50 LT
Type:	Piper PA-31P Pressurized Navajo
Owner/operator:	Kinzig Tool Co
Registration:	N7672L
MSN:	31P-7300154
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Cuyahoga County Airport, Willoughby Hills, Ohio -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Detroit, Michigan
Destination airport:	Cuyahoga County Airport (CGF/KCGF)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) 25 January 1974 when crashed on approach to Cuyahoga County Airport, Willoughby Hills, Ohio. Accident attributed to propeller failure, leading to engine over speeding and an emergency landing. According to the NTSB report "schrader valve cap and stem missing. No air charge in cylinder".

All four persons on board (pilot and three passengers) were killed. The two occupants of a house, impacted and destroyed by the aircraft, were also killed. Registration N7672L cancelled by the FAA on February 7, 1975

1. NTSB Identification: CHI74AC063
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7672L
3. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88447/tom-mester-plane-crash/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Feb-2008 12:00	ASN archive	Added
23-May-2011 07:58	Anon.	Updated [Departure airport, ]
27-Apr-2015 19:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
21-Sep-2017 15:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
26-May-2020 13:50	tsterle	Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]
08-Jul-2024 12:32	ASN	Updated [Source, ]