Piper PA-24 N8916P
18 March 1979 · Pierre, South Dakota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 18 March 1979 at about 21:00 local time, a Piper PA-24 registered N8916P was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Pierre, South Dakota, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 21:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pierre, South Dakota, United States
- Nearest airport
- Pierre Mun
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-24
- Registration
- N8916P
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Bozeman, Mt → S
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-1217
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
ENG FAILED ON IFR APPROACH.LDG IN ROUGH TERRAIN.CONTAMINATION AND WATER IN FUEL SYS.WND GUSTS 35KT
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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