# NTSB MKC77FTK17: Piper PA-28, N5025W, Mclaughlin, SD, May 2, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 2, 1977
- Place: Mclaughlin, SD · MCLAUGHLIN, SD
- Location: 45.8133° N, 100.8107° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McLaughlin, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8133&lon=-100.8107&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 13, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 158200
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC77FTK17
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FTK17

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5025W-1978-04-06), registration cancelled 1978-04-06, S/N 28-26, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (registry code 7102806) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Private

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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