ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13629
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1972 |
| Time: | 08:10 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Equitable Engineering Inc |
| Registration: | N212AD |
| MSN: | 31-160 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Michigan, between Detroit, MI and Milwaukee, WI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Detroit, Michigan |
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (missing presumed destroyed) 21 July 1972: Aircraft went missing en route, and is believed to have been ditched into Lake Michigan whilst flying from Detroit, Michigan, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Aircraft damage and injury index - pilot killed - presumed as the wreckage of the aircraft, and the body of the pilot - the sole person on board - were never found
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: CHI73AC006 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=65786&key=0
2. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=212AD
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1972/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-lake-michigan-1-killed/]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Jan-2012 14:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2015 23:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2015 23:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Sep-2017 18:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Sep-2017 18:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 29-Oct-2019 17:44 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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