ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13863
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 May 1976 |
| Time: | 08:56 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200 Seneca |
| Owner/operator: | LAB Flying Service Inc |
| Registration: | N55951 |
| MSN: | 34-7350264 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Petersburg, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Haines Airport, Haines, Alaska (HNS/PHN) |
| Wrangell, Alaska (WRG/PAWG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Writren off May 18, 1976 when crashed near Petersburg, Alaska: aircraft flew into the ground due to loss of control for undetermined reason. However, the official NTSB report also alludes that the pilot may have continued a VFR flight in conditions that were more suited to IFR flight. ("PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS").
All six persons on board (pilot and five passengers) were killed. The aircraft was destroyed in a post impact fire. However, the registration not cancelled by the FAA until August 27, 2012 - 36 years later(!)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: ANC76AA088 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=52805&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=55951
3. http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1976/1976-38.htm
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ak/N55951/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Nov-2016 20:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2016 20:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 30-Nov-2016 14:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
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