- Date
- April 9, 1981
- Place
- Chamberlain, SD · CHAMBERLAIN, SD
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8390RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810409018579A
- Case key
- 126568
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3558 81/4/9 CHAMBERLAIN,SD PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 62 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N8390R PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHAMBERLAIN MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHAMBERLAIN,SD MISSION,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 71 210 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 35 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LCL PSNL RPRTD VRBL X-WND,GSTG 35-45KTS.FLAP HANDLE FOUND IN FULL DWN PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8390R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chamberlain Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
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