Plane Crash List

Piper PA-28 N5343W

15 August 1964 · Lake Athabaska Ca, Canada · Fatal

Summary

On 15 August 1964 at about 20:00 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N5343W was involved in an accident during in flight near Lake Athabaska Ca, Canada. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Lake Athabaska Ca, Canada
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-28
Registration
N5343W
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Flying Club
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
In Flight
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Dusk
NTSB number
6-0056

People

2 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 2 0 0 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

FLEW INTO LAKE IN DESCENDING NORMAL FLIGHT ATTITUDE-FAA REPORT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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