# Accident 19950904027889A: Piper PA11, Badger, SD, September 4, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1995, 19:00 local time
- Place: Badger, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4798° N, 97.1992° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4798&lon=-97.1992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70613, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70613-2013-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA11
- Reported engine: CONT C8512F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA306) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950904027889A

## Narrative

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

CROP SURVEY LOW ALTITUDE. MADE STEEP TURN AND STALLED. TOO LOW TO RECOVER. (-23) ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1995, PRIVATE PILOT GEORGE L. CHRISTENSEN, ACTING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF PIPER PA-11, N70613, OPERATED THIS AIRCRAFT ON A PRIVATE PASSENGER CARRYING FLIGHT. MR. CHRISTENSEN WAS MANEUVERING THE AIRCRAFT IN A STEEP TURN WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STALLED IMPACTING THE TERRAIN NEAR BADGER, SOUTH DAKOTA, DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT AND SERIOUSLY INJURING HIMSELF AND HIS PASSENGER.

## 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 CHI95LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA306), Sep 5, 1995: Piper PA-11 (N70613), Badger, SD, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while making a steep right turn. A contributing factor was the insufficient altitude needed to make a recovery.

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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