La Crete - Three Hills

On January 29, 2013 at 09:15 AM, La Crete - Three Hills experienced a crash involving Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), operated by 1649808 Alberta, with the event recorded near Three Hills Alberta.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

On approach to Three Hills Airport, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions. Too low, the single engine airplane struck the ground, lost its left wing and came to rest in a snow covered field. All three occupants were rescued, among them a passenger was slightly injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GMHP, MSN 46-97332, year of manufacture 2008.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.7042°, -113.2693°.