# Accident 20000823036909A: Cessna 340A, Mission, SD, August 23, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2000, 02:07 local time
- Place: Mission, SD
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3002° N, 100.6594° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3002&lon=-100.6594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34DD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34DD-2000-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00FA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA265) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000823036909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 23, 2000, AT 0207 CDT, THE PILOT ROBERT BIELSTEIN LOST CONTROL OF N34DD, CE-340-A AIRCRAFT, CRASHED AFTER TAKEOFF AND IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROX. TWO  MILES NORTHEAST OF THE MISSION, SOUTH DAKOTA, AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEMOLISHED. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 CHI00FA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA265), Aug 23, 2000: Cessna 340A (N34DD), Mission, SD, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the aircraft control not maintained by the pilot. A contributing factor was pilot fatigue.

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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