# Accident 20040708016659A: Piper PA28161, Waubun, MN, July 8, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2004, 02:00 local time
- Place: Waubun, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OG5S
- Location: 47.1767° N, 95.9153° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1767&lon=-95.9153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N248ND, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N248ND-2007-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 92 total, 92 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040708016659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON A NIGHT VFR CROSS-COUNTRY FROM MIC TO GFK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEARD CIRCLING OVERHEAD A FARM IN THE VICINITY OF WAUBUN, MN, FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF A CRASH. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A FIELD ABOUT 1 MILE ESE OF WAUBUN.

## 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 CHI04LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA173), Jul 8, 2004: Piper PA-28-161 (N248ND), Waubun, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to get the proper rest prior to the night cross country flight and the pilot's failure to maintain altitude. Contributing factors to the accident were fatigue as a result of…

## Other reports on N248ND (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20011203037109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011203037109A), Dec 3, 2001: Piper PA28161 (N248ND), Devils Lake, ND, No damage. (-23) On 12/03/2001 at 1410 CST, a PA-28-161, N248ND owned by the university of north dakota and flown by gregory sckorohod lost directional control during a…

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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