# Accident 20060824025609A: Piper PA28140, Kulm, ND, August 24, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2006
- Place: Kulm, ND
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.4289° N, 99.0408° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4289&lon=-99.0408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9714W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9714W-2007-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06FA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA275) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060824025609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 24, 2006, N9714W, A PA-28-140, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ DEPARTED BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA AIRPORT WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN AND DISAPPEARED. THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA^ BODY AND AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WERE FOUND ON OCTOBER 3, 2006 NEAR KULM, ND.

## 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 CHI06FA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA275), Aug 24, 2006: Piper PA-28-140 (N9714W), Kulm, ND, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument rated pilot's continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in his inadvertent encounter with a thunderstorm and his loss of aircraft control. A factor…

## Other reports on N9714W (3)

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

- [Accident 20020930029989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020930029989A), Sep 30, 2002: Piper PA28140 (N9714W), Moorhead, MN, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft lost power on short final as a result of fuel exhaustion in the left fuel tank due to improper fuel management. This fuel starvation resulted in…
- [Accident 20010218011009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010218011009A), Feb 18, 2001: Piper PA28140 (N9714W), Frazee, MN, No damage. (-23)While buzzing friends at big towne lake in Frazee, MN, aircraft struck and cut an electrical power line. The aircraft flew to detroit lakes airport,…
- [Accident 19811011068989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811011068989A), Oct 11, 1981: Piper PA28140 (N9714W), New York Mills, MN, Substantial damage. Demonstrating simulated forced landing to a passenger. Descended too low showing highway landing. Hit wires.

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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