ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13614
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| Date: | Saturday 1 February 1975 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Kenai Air Service |
| Registration: | N54734 |
| MSN: | 31-7405256 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Valdez, Alaska, near -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Kenai Municipal Airport, Alaska (ENA/PAEN) |
| Gulkana Airport, Alaska (GKN/PAGK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) February 1, 1975 due to a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) near Valdez, Alaska. According to the NTSB report into the accident, the "pilot in command misjudged his altitude, and flew into rising terrain. Aircraft and occupants (pilot and one passenger) not recovered from the crash site due to avalanche danger".
Registration N54734 cancelled by the FAA on February 14, 1975
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: ANC75AA053 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=33112&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=54734
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ak/N54734/
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1975/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-valdez-2-killed/]
5. http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1975/1975-12.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Apr-2015 20:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2015 20:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 13-May-2017 14:31 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2017 18:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2017 18:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 29-Oct-2019 18:08 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
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