# Accident 19751014032929A: Piper PA32300, Flandreau, SD, October 14, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1975
- Place: Flandreau, SD
- Airport: Flandreau
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 44.0041° N, 96.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLANDREAU MUNI (4P3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0041&lon=-96.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5216S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5216S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1A5 (registry code 41663, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 336 total, 10 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76DTK10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DTK10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751014032929A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT PORPOISED AFTR NOSE WHEEL ENTRD GOPHER HOLE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC76DTK10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DTK10), Oct 14, 1975: Piper PA-32 (N5216S), Flandreau, SD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5216S (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20250608009419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250608009419I), Jun 8, 2025: Piper PA-32-300 (N5216S), Pierre, SD, Minor damage. On June 8, 2025, at 12:00 a PA-32-300, [privacy data omitted], was involved in an incident during takeoff rotation when the aircraft returned to the ground and…
- [Incident 19860821076189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860821076189I), Aug 21, 1986: Piper PA32300 (N5216S), Kenmare, ND, Minor damage. Landed short of sod runway in gusting wind conditions.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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