- Date
- October 29, 1969
- Place
- Spearfish, SD · SPEARFISH, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8229PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155430
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3830 69/10/29 SPEARFISH,S PAK PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 290 TIME - 1500 N8229P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOWMAN,N DAK SPEARFISH,S PAK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- SLOW CRUISE,LOW ALT,RISING TRRN,FLWG ROAD.BANKEDACFT WHEN ROAD TURNED UN AVOID TREES DRG RECOVERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8229P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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