- Date
- October 17, 1975
- Place
- Yankton, SD · YANKTON, SD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8303RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751017035399A
- Case key
- 151513
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3627 75/10/17 YANKTON,SD PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 91 TOTAL TIME - 0040 N8303R PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YANKTON,SD SIOUX FALLS,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- PIC DIVERTED HIS ATTENTION FROM FLYING ACFT RESULTING IN UNWANTED DESCENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8303R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.