- Date
- June 5, 1971
- Place
- Calgary, Canada · CALGARY,ALTA,CAN, CD
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5462PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162199
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0063 71/6/5 CALGARY,ALTA,CAN PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 1400 TIME - 1103 N5462P PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALGARY INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALGARY,ALTA,CAN GREAT FALLS,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT REMARKS- INVESTIGATED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5462P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Calgary Intl
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