Piper PA-23 N14348
1 September 1981 · Ltl Diomede Is, Alaska, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 1 September 1981 at about 20:25 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N14348, operated by Foster AVN Inc, was involved in an accident during in flight near Ltl Diomede Is, Alaska, United States. 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 20:25
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Ltl Diomede Is, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23
- Registration
- N14348
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Foster AVN Inc
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Nome, Ak → Nome, Ak
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- 3-3630
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
SIGHT-SEEING FLT.LCL PLTS STTD COMMON TECHNIQUE FLY JUST ABV WTR SFC WHLE APP IS TILL ENCNTG BRDS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct 1981 | Piper PA-23 | El Paso, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Mar 1981 | Piper PA-23 | Lowell, Michigan, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 5 Nov 1981 | Piper PA-23 | Niles, Ohio, United States | Omni Aircraft | Serious injuries | - |
| 8 Aug 1981 | Piper PA-23 | Bunnell, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 Jan 1981 | Piper PA-23 | Van Wert, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Nov 1981 | Piper PA-23 | College Park, Maryland, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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