ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160402
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| Date: | Monday 9 September 2013 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee Six |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N3705W |
| MSN: | 32-618 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Malaspina Glacier, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Yakutat, AK |
| Anchorage-Merrill Field, AK (MRI/PAMR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot obtained a weather briefing and departed on a day visual flight rules (VFR) cross-country flight. Although visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the departure airport, the current and forecast conditions were marginal VFR and instrument flight rules along the flight route. Flight service issued an alert notice when the airplane was overdue for arrival, and an extensive search was conducted. Radar coverage was limited; however, several radar targets were consistent with the accident airplane’s route. The first and last targets were recorded about 13 and 18 minutes, respectively, after departure and indicated that the airplane was at an altitude of 1,100 ft mean sea level and located in an area between coastline and mountainous terrain. However, the airplane and pilot were not found. The airplane was not equipped with, nor was it required to be equipped with, a digital 406-MHz emergency locator transmitter; such a transmitter may have aided search and rescue efforts.
Probable Cause: Undetermined because the pilot and airplane were not found.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N3705W
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Sep-2013 12:49 | gerard57 | Added |
| 11-Sep-2013 18:20 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 12-Sep-2013 20:10 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 09:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2021 09:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Source, Damage] |
| 10-Dec-2021 23:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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