- Date
- March 18, 1979
- Place
- Pierre, SD · PIERRE, SD
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8916PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790318010729A
- Case key
- 137187
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1217 79/3/18 PIERRE,SD PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 3311 TIME - 2100 N8916P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1472 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PIERRE MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOZEMAN,MT PIERRE,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SLEET, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 33 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- ENG FAILED ON IFR APPROACH.LDG IN ROUGH TERRAIN.CONTAMINATION AND WATER IN FUEL SYS.WND GUSTS 35KT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8916P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pierre Mun
N8916PRegistration cancelled May 17, 2013 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8916P · 2
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