- Date
- September 14, 1980
- Place
- Olsonville, SD · OLSONVILLE, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4818MPiper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800914041549A
- Case key
- 128967
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2548 80/9/14 OLSONVILLE,SD PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 298 TIME - 1800 N4818M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 295 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VALENTINE,NE OLSONVILLE,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH FARM MACHINERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4818M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.