Plane Crash List

Piper PA-28 N5288T

30 November 1977 · Huron, South Dakota, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 30 November 1977 at about 23:04 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N5288T, operated by Porter Flight, was involved in an accident during in flight near Huron, South Dakota, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 23:04
Classification
Accident
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States
Nearest airport
Huron
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-28
Registration
N5288T
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Porter Flight
Operating rule
Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
Brookings, Sd → Miller, Sd
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Night (Dark)
NTSB number
3-3827

People

2 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 2 0 0 0

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

PLT AT CTLS UNK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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