- Date
- June 11, 1973
- Place
- Fort Pierre, SD · FORT PIERRE, SD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9457RSnow S2A
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730611015059A
- Case key
- 173535
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1668 73/6/11 FORT PIERRE,S DAK SNOW S2A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 73 TOTAL TIME - 1515 N9457R PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SINGLETON PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT PIERRE,S DAK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- 1 TENTH HR THIS MAKE,MODEL.FLT TO ACCUMULATE HRS AND EXP IN THIS TYPE ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9457R
- Reported as
- Snow S2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Singleton Private
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.