Accident Piper PA-24-250 Comanche N6470P, Friday 5 October 1962
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Date:Friday 5 October 1962
Time:19:10
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA24 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-24-250 Comanche
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N6470P
MSN: 24-1585
Year of manufacture:1959
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:near Whitehorse, Yukon Territory -   Canada
Phase: Approach
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Gulkana, AK
Destination airport:Whitehorse, YT
Narrative:
Lost control and crashed.

Sources:

https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=1249396
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020662/1962-10-08/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=10%2F06%2F1962&index=0&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=WHITEHORSE+Whitehorse&proxdistance=5&date2=11%2F06%2F1962&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=Whitehorse&dateFilterType=range&page=1

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Jan-2025 13:17 Cobar Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
08-Jan-2025 13:18 ASN Updated [Damage, Narrative, ]

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