# NTSB ANC08WA045: Piper PA-46-350P, Wainwright, Canada, March 28, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 28, 2008, 08:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place: Wainwright, Canada
- Coordinates: 52.908889, -110.683891
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=52.9089&lon=-110.6839&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67747
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC08WA045
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67747/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08WA045

## Factual narrative

On March 28, 2008, about 0815, mountain daylight time, a Piper PA-46-350P airplane, Canadian registration C-FKKH, operated by A.D. Williams Holdings Inc., broke up in-flight, and crashed about 12 kilometers northeast of Wainwright, Alberta, Canada.  The airplane was reportedly in cruise flight at 27,000 feet msl when the pilot reported a problem with a gyroscopic instrument. The airplane then descended and broke apart. The flight was conducted under the provisions of the Civil Aviation Regulations of Canada.  The pilot and the four passengers received fatal injuries.

This report is for information purposes only.  The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, and contains only the information released by, or obtained from the Government of Canada.  Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from:

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## Aircraft

- Registration: C-FKKH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-46-350P
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Business, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: A.D. Williams Holdings Inc.
- Departed: Edmonton
- Destination: Winnipeg
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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