Piper PA-32 N2243Q

Summary

On 12 December 1980 at about 19:51 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N2243Q, operated by Peninsula Airw, was involved in an accident during in flight near Cold Bay, Alaska, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 December 1980 at 19:51

Classification

Accident

Location

Cold Bay, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-32

Registration

N2243Q

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

1

Operator

Peninsula Airw

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Passenger Operations

Phase of flight

In Flight

Route

King Cove, Ak → Cold Bay, Ak

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night (Dark)

NTSB number

3-3215

4 people died.

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

PLT TMTD THAT HE WAS AT 500FT, SNOWING, UN TO SEE.WND GSTG 34KTS.DARK NGT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.