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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Langford, SD · June 18, 1981

Date
June 18, 1981 · 20:30 local
Place
Langford, SD
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5056M
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN81DTK12
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
166 total166 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot attempting takeoff from farm field hit fence. Crashed trying to land in next field.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTING TAKEOFF FROM FARM FIELD HIT FENCE. CRASHED TRYING TO LAND IN NEXT FIELD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.