ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13674
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| Date: | Thursday 26 March 1970 |
| Time: | 19:53 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six |
| Owner/operator: | Grand Canyon Airlines |
| Registration: | N4121R |
| MSN: | 32-40443 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Colrado Cty, Az -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | KGCN |
| KLAS | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Grand Canyon Airlines aircraft was chartered by five passengers that were bumped due to overweight issues from a scheduled service flight operated by Air West. The Piper Cherokee 6 departed at night into snowstorm conditions. rcvry date 7/31/70.Pilot reported in snw stm at 9500ft.Svr turbc,stg updfts-dwndfts in vcnty of mtns.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB, Newspaper
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 November 1976 | N4125R | Grand Canyon Airlines | 2 | Denver, CO | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-May-2010 22:40 | LostFlights | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2016 08:21 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
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