- Date
- October 1, 1977
- Place
- Rapid City, SD · RAPID CITY, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5175PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771001031939A
- Case key
- 145306
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3169 77/10/1 RAPID CITY,SD PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1010 N5175P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 47, 7075 TOTAL HOURS, 200 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAPID CITY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RAPID CITY,SD FARGO,ND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5175P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rapid City Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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