# NTSB ANC09WA071: Piper PA-46-31P, Kamsack, Canada, July 20, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 19, 2009, 21:00 local (Jul 20, 2009, 03:00 UTC)
- Place: Kamsack, Canada
- Coordinates: 51.566665, -101.883331
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=51.5667&lon=-101.8833&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74351
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC09WA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74351/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09WA071

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On July 19, 2009, about 2100 central standard time, a Piper PA-46-31P airplane, Canadian registration C-GUZZ, crashed on takeoff from Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Canada. Two people aboard received fatal injuries, and the remaining two people aboard received serious 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: Transportation Safety Board of Canada Place du Centre 200 Promenade du Portage, 4th Floor Quebec K1A 1K8 Canada (819) 994-4252

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-GUZZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-46-31P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 46-8508108
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Private
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal

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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