# NTSB UNK64X3386: Piper PA-28, N5343W, Lake Athabaska, Canada, August 15, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 15, 1964
- Place: Lake Athabaska, Canada · LAKE ATHABASKA, Canada
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 30, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181555
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3386
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3386

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0056  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5343W-2012-08-21), registration cancelled 2012-08-21, S/N 28-401, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28) (registry code 7102801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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