- Date
- July 5, 1977
- Place
- Plankinton, SD · PLANKINTON, SD
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5590WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770705018629A
- Case key
- 146166
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1995 77/7/5 PLANKINTON,SD PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 95 TOTAL TIME - 2005 N5590W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLANKINTON,SD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- 2000FT FARM FLD,ALFALFA 8IN HIGH,D/A APRX 3700FT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5590W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5590WRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2014 · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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