- Date
- August 3, 1977
- Place
- Firesteel, SD · FIRESTEEL, SD
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5874PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770803021599A
- Case key
- 145872
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2823 77/8/3 FIRESTEEL,SD PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 421 TIME - 1715 N5874P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PIERRE,SD FIRESTEEL,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIGH TENSION WIRES OVER APPROACH END OF STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5874P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Ranch
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5874P · 1
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