# Accident 19951123045339A: Piper PA28R201T, Belvidere, SD, November 23, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1995, 08:00 local time
- Place: Belvidere, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8309° N, 101.2692° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8309&lon=-101.2692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3966M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3966M-1997-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360F
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 251 total, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951123045339A

## Narrative

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

BROKE UP INFLIGHT. AIRMETS FOR ICING SNOW FREEZING RAIN IN AREA. SPIRAL DIVE AND OVERSTRESS PULLUP. AFT CG LIMITS. (-23) ON NOVEMBER 23, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 0745 MST, A PA28R, N3966M, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT, PAUL G. RANSCHAU, CAME APART IN FLIGHT NEAR BELVIDERE, SD. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND ALL FOUR PEOPLE ON BORAD WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SIOUX FALLS, SD ON NOVEMBER 23, 1995, AT 0745 CST.

## 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 CHI96FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA038), Nov 23, 1995: Piper PA-28-201T (N3966M), Belvidere, SD, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's attempted visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, his failure to maintain control of the airplane, and exceeding the design stress limits of the airplane. Factors in the…

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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