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
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Petersburg, Alaska -   United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Haines Airport, Haines, Alaska (HNS/PHN)
Destination airport:	Wrangell, Alaska (WRG/PAWG)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
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(!)

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/

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, ]