# Accident 20171228024309A: Piper PA-32-301T, Spearfish, SD, December 28, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2017, 12:30 local time
- Place: Spearfish, SD
- Airport: Black Hills Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4847° N, 103.7881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4847&lon=-103.7881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11KX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11KX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301T (registry code 7103209, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-301T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,586 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171228024309A

## Narrative

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

ON 12/28/2017  AT 1215  A PIPER SARATOGA PA-32-301T OWNED/REGISTERED TO  STAMM AIR LLC  WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT  DURING LANDING WHILE PERFORMING A PLEASURE FLIGHT. CLEAR DAY CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MCCOOK, NE, ON 12/28/2017 AT 0959.

## 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 GAA18CA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA094), Dec 28, 2017: Piper PA32 (N11KX), Spearfish, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent landing in snow adjacent to the snow-covered runway resulting in a collision with runway signs.

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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