Piper PA28-180C N8426W

Summary

On 27 August 1983 at about 21:00 local time, a Piper PA28-180C registered N8426W was involved in an accident near Sturgis Muni., South Dakota, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 August 1983 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sturgis Muni., South Dakota, United States

Nearest airport

Sturgis (66D)

Coordinates

44.4101, -103.5102

Aircraft

Piper PA28-180C

Registration

N8426W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rapid City → Sturgis

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83FTK05

2 people were seriously injured.

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

THE ACFT CRASHED ON THE APPROACH END TO RUNWAY 11 DURING AN ABORTED LANDING. THE PLT STATED THE ACFT WAS HIGH SO HE APPLIED FULL POWER AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS. HE SAID HE RETRACTED THE FLAPS TOO FAST AND LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT. THE NOSE GEAR WAS BROKEN OFF, THE RIGHT WING BUCKLED AND BENT, THE LEFT WING WAS TORN LOOSE AND BENT BACKWARD AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS TORN OFF THE ACFT. THE 2 FRONT SEAT OCCUPANTS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE REAR SEAT OCCUPANTSRECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.