# Accident 19761225040209A: Piper PA28R200, Kadoka, SD, December 25, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 1976
- Place: Kadoka, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 43.8288° N, 101.5013° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kadoka, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8288&lon=-101.5013&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2943R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2943R-1977-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC77FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761225040209A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK 40 FT HIGH POWER LINE OVER INTERSTATE HIGHWAY

## 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 MKC77FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FA009), Dec 25, 1976: Piper PA-28R (N2943R), Kadoka, SD, destroyed, 2 fatal

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.