Accident Piper PA-34-200 Seneca C-GICQ, Thursday 16 March 1978
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Date:Thursday 16 March 1978
Time:15:32
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA34 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-34-200 Seneca
Owner/operator:Skyway Air Services Ltd
Registration: C-GICQ
MSN: 34-7450115
Year of manufacture:1974
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Lynden, Washington -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Langley, British Columbia
Destination airport:Langley, British Columbia
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) when lost right outer wing panel in collision. with another aircraft over Lynden, Washington on March 16, 1978. Per the NTSB report "PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT; NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN". All three persons on board the Piper were killed; the pilot of the other aircraft (flying solo) survived.

Canadian Certificate of Registration: Cancelled 25-03-1986

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: SEA78FA022
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. NTSB Identification: SEA78FA022 at https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=41752&key=0
2. http://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/2/ccarcs-riacc/ADetHis.aspx?id=136548&rfr=RchHsRes.aspx?st=0&mh=GICQ&rfr2=ADet.aspx?id=520839&rfr=RchSimp.aspx
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/wa/C-GICQ/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Feb-2008 12:00 ASN archive Added
29-Nov-2016 21:08 Dr. John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]

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