# Accident 20001002042779A: Piper PA44180, Rapid City, SD, October 2, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2000, 19:33 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0001° N, 103.0394° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0001&lon=-103.0394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N294ND, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N294ND-2000-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 180 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001002042779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. THOMSEN WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO'S AT THE RAPID CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT (RAP). HE HAD GIVEN THE CONTROLLER A TELEPHONE NUMBER TO CALL. THEN JUST BEFORE THE LAST APPROACH HE ASKED THE CONTROLLER TO CALL THAT NUMBER AND "TELL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT I LOVE THEM VERY MUCH. MY NAME AGAIN IS BOB THOMSEN." HE THEN CRASHED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE 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 CHI01FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA001), Oct 3, 2000: Piper PA-44-180 (N294ND), Rapid City, SD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Suicide

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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