Piper PA-28R C-GLPD

17 March 1976 · Eldon, Washington, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 17 March 1976 at about 20:28 local time, a Piper PA-28R registered C-GLPD, operated by Lancaster Paci, was involved in an accident during in flight near Eldon, Washington, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 March 1976 at 20:28
Classification: Accident
Location: Eldon, Washington, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28R
Registration: C-GLPD
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Lancaster Paci
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Troutdale, Or → Vancouver, Bc, Can
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: E-0006

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

IMPROPER NAV PROC. WEA INFO 1 HR OLD. RECOVERY DATE 5/25/76.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record E-0006, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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