# NTSB LAX75OL002: Piper PA-23, N54099, Tsuniah Lake, Canada, August 13, 1974

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 13, 1974
- Place: Tsuniah Lake, Canada · TSUNIAH LAKE, Canada
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 3, 1974
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 140564
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX75OL002
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75OL002

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0043  74/8/13    TSUNIAH LAKE,CAN    PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1430                    N54099              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 34, 731 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            486 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TSUNIAH LAKE LDGE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          KAMLOOPS,CAN                TSUNIAH LAKE,CAN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        REMARKS- INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF CANADA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N54099](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54099-2023-03-18), registration cancelled 2023-03-18, S/N 27-7405411, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Tsuniah Lake Ldge

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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