# NTSB CEN25LA288: Piper PA-28RT-201T, N8423H, Brookings, SD, July 26, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: July 26, 2025, 18:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place: Brookings, SD
- Coordinates: 44.31, -96.82 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3100&lon=-96.8200&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Fuel related](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: Piper Aircraft, Inc, Continental Aerospace Technologies, Federal Aviation Administration, Rapid City FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200636
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA288
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200636/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA288

## Preliminary report

On July 26, 2025, at 1840 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28RT-201T airplane, N8423H, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Brookings, South Dakota. The airline transport pilot and passenger were uninjured. The airplane was operated under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a work use flight. The pilot stated that during a departure climb from runway 12 at Brookings Regional Airport (BKX), Brookings, South Dakota, the fuel flow gauge indication was fluctuating. He initiated a return to BKX for a precautionary landing and entered the left downwind for runway 17. The engine continued to operate and there were no abnormal sounds or other abnormal instrument indications. During the completion of the base to final turn for runway 17, the airplane experienced a total loss of engine power. The pilot then performed a forced landing to a field where the airplane impacted a fence and the field. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and both wing flaps. The airplane was retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Fuel related](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-28RT-201T, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190/sequence.md?model=7102817), [All aircraft, 361 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8423H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8423H), registered now, S/N 28R-8131190, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28RT-201T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (registry code 7102817) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R-8131190
- Year built: 1981
- Airframe hours: 2097.2
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Part 91
- Operator: Turbo Arrow LLC
- Registered owner: Turbo Arrow LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 2024
- Departed: BKX, Brookings, SD
- Destination: BKX, Brookings, SD
- Airport: BKX, Brookings Regional Airport, runway 17, 3,600 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 20.87 inHg
- Observed at: BKX, 0.5 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 20250726020459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250726020459I), Jul 26, 2025: Piper PA-28RT-201T, Brookings, SD, Minor damage. This report was delayed due to requested on-site inspection on Brookings airfield. Upon initial inspection by manufacture representatives there was no issue or…

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.

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