Cessna 172H N3893R

28 April 1977 · Hot Springs, South Dakota, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 28 April 1977 at about 20:55 local time, a Cessna 172H registered N3893R was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Hot Springs, South Dakota, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 28 April 1977 at 20:55
Classification: Accident
Location: Hot Springs, South Dakota, United States
Nearest airport: Hot Springs
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 172H
Registration: N3893R
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Wall, Sd → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-1121

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	1	1

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

RUNWAY LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED.PILOT THOUGHT FENCE WAS CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY.LANDED LEFT OF RUNWAY

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Where

Approximate

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43.4317, -103.4744
Approximate. The NTSB did not record coordinates, so this marker sits at the centre of Hot Springs, South Dakota, United States, not at the accident site. How this is worked out.

Source

NTSB record 3-1121, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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