# Accident 20200801014739A: Piper PA-31-325, Sumter, SC, August 1, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2020, 10:35 local time
- Place: Sumter, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: YGAJ
- Location: 33.9204° N, 80.3415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sumter, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9204&lon=-80.3415&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGXKS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-325
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 1,625 total, 550 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200801014739A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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