- Date
- March 20, 1978
- Place
- Rapid City, SD · RAPID CITY, SD
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8608YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780320003809A
- Case key
- 142567
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0357 78/3/20 RAPID CITY,SD PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 363 TIME - 0605 N8608Y PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 140 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RPD CTY REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHICAGO,IL RED LODGE,MT RAPID CITY,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ON FINAL RT ENG QUIT,PLT CUT LEFT ENG & LANDED ALONGSIDE OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8608Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rpd Cty Regional
N8608YRegistration cancelled Nov 5, 1981 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8608Y · 1
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