| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | July 12, 1997 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Location: | Skagway, Alaska |
| Operator: | Haines Airways - Air Taxi |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Haines, AK - Skagway, AK |
| AC Type: | Piper PA-32 |
| Registration: | N15199 |
| cn / ln: | 32-7340021 |
| Aboard: | 6 (passengers:5 crew:1) |
| Fatalities: | 4 (passengers:3 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The sightseeing plane lost engine power and ditched in 39 degree water. Jamming/failure of the left magneto impulse coupling, which stopped rotation of the magneto gear, and resulted in subsequent shearing of the accessory intermediate idler gear. |
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