# Accident 20050909024799A: Piper PA28235, Faulkton, SD, September 9, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2005, 03:00 local time
- Place: Faulkton, SD
- Airport: Faulkton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0194° N, 99.1014° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0194&lon=-99.1014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8523W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8523W-2008-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: CONT O520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 450 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA261) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050909024799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 AM CDT, A PIPER AIRCRAFT M/N PA-28-235, N8523W, OPERATED BY PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CRASHED AFTER TAKE OFF, APPROXIMATELY 3/4 MILE SOUTH OF THE FAULKTON, SD AIRPORT (3FU). THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED MISSING BY POTTER COUNTY SHERIFF AT 5:21 PM CDT. AIRCRAFT BEGAN SEARCHING FOR THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ FOUND THE AIRCRAFT CRASH SITE IN A CORNFIELD AT 6:26 PM CDT. THE ONE SOUL ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. FOGGY CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED IN THE AREA AT 3:00 AM CDT BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ WHO FUELED THE AIRCRAFT WITH 22.1 GAL. OF AUTO FUEL AS REQUESTED BY THE PILOT AND SAW THE AIRCRAFT DEPART THE FAULKTON, SD AIRPORT (3FU). NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THERE WAS A POST CRASH FIRE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CHI05LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA261), Sep 9, 2005: Piper PA-28-235 (N8523W), Faulkton, SD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane due to spatial disorientation during initial climb after takeoff into night instrument meteorological conditions. Factors were the fog and the…

## Other reports on N8523W (1)

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

- [Incident 19910201009659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910201009659I), Feb 1, 1991: Piper PA28235 (N8523W), Huron, SD, Minor damage. Flying at a low altitude to take a look at a deer struck powerline. Landed safely at destination.

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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