- Date
- April 21, 1990, 00:00 local (06:00 UTC)
- Place
- Edgemont, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8528DPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900421014679A
- Case key
- 17920
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the landing rollout.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
N8528D was stolen from the custer airport. The wreckage was found by an anonymous person at the Edgemont airport. The airplane had sustained damage to the left wing and left landing gear. The identity/qualifications of the pilot are unknown. Tire and propeller marks found on the runway indicate the airplane made a wheel landing and groundlooped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8528D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-5756
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Unknown
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- SD01 · Custer, SD
- Destination
- 6V0
- Airport
- 6VO · Edgemont Municipal
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.