Piper PA-23 N4919P
8 December 1972 · Aklavik, Canada · Fatal
Summary
On 8 December 1972 at about 16:48 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N4919P was involved in an accident during in flight near Aklavik, Canada. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:48
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Aklavik, Canada
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23
- Registration
- N4919P
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Inuvik, Can → Fort Yukon, Can
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 6-0080
People
3 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 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 MTN SLOPE. INVEST & REPORTED BY GOVT OF CANADA.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-23 | Dorset, Vermont, United States | Delaware Aviat | Fatal | 2 |
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| 10 Nov 1972 | Piper PA-23 | Reading, Pennsylvania, United States | Franklin Conta | No injuries | - |
| 9 May 1972 | Piper PA-23 | Estes Park, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 5 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-23 | Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-23 | Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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