- Date
- August 15, 1964
- Place
- Lake Athabaska, Canada · LAKE ATHABASKA, Canada
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5343WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181555
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0056 64/8/15 LAKE ATHABASKA CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 200 TIME - 2000 N5343W PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5343W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5343WRegistration cancelled Aug 21, 2012 · Piper PA-28Airframe modelPiper PA-28Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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