33.9204° N, 80.3415° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Sumter, SC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 1, 2020 · 10:35 local
Place
Sumter, SC
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
YGAJ
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
CGXKS
Reported as
Piper PA-31-325
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
Pilot’s flight hours
1,625 total550 in this make and model138 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Canadian registered aircraft cgxks was performing low level geological surveys of the area when the left engine started to lose power followed shortly by the right engine. The aircraft crashed into a nearby field. The aircraft was destroyed and partially consumed by post crash fire.
As the FAA filed it
CANADIAN REGISTERED AIRCRAFT CGXKS WAS PERFORMING LOW LEVEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS OF THE AREA WHEN THE LEFT ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A NEARBY FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND PARTIALLY CONSUMED BY POST CRASH FIRE.