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| Date: | Saturday 24 January 1976 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee Archer |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | LN-DAC |
| MSN: | 28-7505089 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Andøya -
 Norway
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Andøya (ENAN) |
| ENSK | |
| Investigating agency: | Flyhavarikommisjon |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed in sea. A major search operation was launched without locating the aircraft. In April of the same year, some wreckage was found on the northern tip of Hinnøya, and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch assumed that the aircraft had crashed into the sea between Andenes and Stokmarknes. The cause of the accident is unknown.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Norwegian Civil Aircraft since 1919 / K. Hagby, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 2 7)
Dagbladet 26 January 1976
https://havarikommisjonen.no/Luftfart/Luftfart/Avgitte-rapporter/1977-07?pid=SHT-Report-ReportFile&attach=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2008 13:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Feb-2010 07:39 | jagu | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, ] |
| 08-Sep-2017 17:32 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Sep-2025 05:39 | HanayoPlus | Updated [Time, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Sep-2025 05:41 | ASN | Updated [Accident report, ] |
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