# Accident 19810928063919A: Piper PA28235, Custer, SD, September 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1981, 10:30 local time
- Place: Custer, SD
- Airport: Custer
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7337° N, 103.6195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CUSTER COUNTY (CUT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7337&lon=-103.6195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15358, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15358) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 118 total, 51 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTK24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTK24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810928063919A

## Narrative

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

RAN OFF SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY ON LANDING. SHEARED GEAR ON A ROCK. BECAME AIRBORNE, STRUCK TREES NORTH OF RUNWAY.

## 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 DEN81FTK24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTK24), Sep 28, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N15358), Custer, SD, substantial damage

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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