- Date
- April 18, 1971
- Place
- Blunt, SD · BLUNT, SD
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3718TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160396
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1233 71/4/18 BLUNT,S DAK PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1870 TIME - 1900 N3718T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 391 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLUNT,S DAK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- CHECKING CATTLE.PLT SAID HE WAS DIVERTED BY HIS 2 YR OLD SON,THE PASSENGER.ALT TOO LOW TO RECOVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3718T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3718TRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N3718T · 1
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