44.4917° N, 103.8157° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Spearfish, SD, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 11, 1988 · 14:50 local
Place
Spearfish, SD
Airport
Black Hills
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
CGCCF
Reported as
Piper PA22150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A1A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total1,250 in this make and model50 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.
Unable to clinb above rising terrain after takeoff. Landed in rough field. Pilot blamed denisty altitude of 6000FT.
As the FAA filed it
UNABLE TO CLINB ABOVE RISING TERRAIN AFTER TAKEOFF. LANDED IN ROUGH FIELD. PILOT BLAMED DENISTY ALTITUDE OF 6000FT.