ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18933
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| Date: | Saturday 15 June 1996 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24-250 Comanche |
| Owner/operator: | Paul E Koretko |
| Registration: | N6541P |
| MSN: | 24-1663 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan |
| Flin Flon, Manitoba | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
After spending a week's vacation in the vicinity, the private pilot and three passengers were departing from a private airstrip located at the U-Fly-In Camp three miles east of Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan. The pilot intended to fly to Flin Flon, Manitoba, to top up the aircraft fuel tanks before heading home to Colorado, USA.
Shortly after the take-off, the PA24-250 aircraft, serial No. 24-1663, failed to clear a stand of trees, crashed, and came to rest approximately 800 feet off the end of the airstrip. The aircraft was destroyed by the impact and post-crash fire. Two passengers were fatally injured; the pilot was seriously injured, and the third passenger received minor injuries.
The technique used during the take-off from the soft field caused the aircraft to become airborne prematurely and prevented sufficient acceleration to climb and clear the obstacles in the take-off flight path. The aircraft stalled at an altitude from which recovery was not possible when the pilot manoeuvred to avoid impact with trees.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. CADORS 1996C0201
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20060430174400/http://www.tsb.gc.ca:80/en/reports/air/1996/a96c0092/a96c0092.asp
3. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=6541P
4. NTSB Identification: CHI96WA204 at https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001208X05949&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Mar-2015 21:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2015 21:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Damage] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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