Piper PA-22-108 N5301Z

Summary

On 14 August 1988 at about 07:15 local time, a Piper PA-22-108 registered N5301Z, operated by Avler, Richard G, was involved in an accident near Hoven, South Dakota, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 August 1988 at 07:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Hoven, South Dakota, United States

Coordinates

45.2398, -99.7707

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-108

Registration

N5301Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Avler, Richard G

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN88LA183

Nobody was 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 PRIVATE PLT AND HIS WIFE WERE GOING TO MAKE A LOCAL FLIGHT IN THEIR AIRPLANE AT 0215. THE PLT SAID HE HAND- PROPPED THE ACFT AND MOVED TO ENTER THE CABIN AS THE ENGINE STARTED. THE ACFT BEGAN TO MOVE, AND HIS WIFE PULLED THE PARKING BRAKE LOCK, WHICH RELEASED THE PARKING BRAKE. SHE WAS FRIGHTENED AND JUMPED CLEAR OF THE ACFT. THE PLANE TAXIED OUT OF SIGHT INTO THE DARKNESS. A POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION BY AN FAA INSPECTOR PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT THE AIRPLANE TAXIED ACROSS A GRASS PARKING AREA, THROUGH A FENCE, ONTO A ROADWAY EMBANKMENT WHERE IT BECAME AIRBORNE FOR A SHORT DISTANCE, THEN STRUCK THE TERRAIN AND NOSED OVER. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST WITH THE TAIL LEANING AGAINST A TREE ON AN ADJOINING FARM, 3/4 MI FROM IT'S STARTING POINT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.