- Date
- May 2, 1977
- Place
- Mclaughlin, SD · MCLAUGHLIN, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5025WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158200
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1120 77/5/2 MCLAUGHLIN,SD PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, 5100 TIME - 1800 N5025W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEMMON,SD MCLAUGHLIN,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ANIMALS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS - ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP REMARKS- DIDNT MAKE LOW PASS BFOR APCH.HIT COWS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5025W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private
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