Plane Crash List

Piper PA-22-150 CGCCF

11 July 1988 · Spearfish, South Dakota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 11 July 1988 at about 20:50 local time, a Piper PA-22-150 registered CGCCF was involved in an accident near Spearfish, 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 20:50
Classification
Accident
Location
Spearfish, South Dakota, United States
Nearest airport
Spearfish (SPF)
Coordinates
44.4796, -103.8398
Aircraft
Piper PA-22-150
Registration
CGCCF
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Unknown → Scottsbluff
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN88LA153

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

THE ACCIDENT INVOLVED A TRI-PACER WITH FOUR PERSONS AND ABOUT 150 POUNDS OF BAGGAGE ON BOARD WHO WERE FROM CANADA AND VACATIONING IN THE U.S. THE PILOT SAID THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE AND CLIMBED TO ABOUT 100 FT ABOVE THE RWY, BUT WOULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE DUE TO THE HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE. THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND IN A FIELD, BUT THE FIELD WAS ROUGH AND UNEVEN WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS CALCULATED TO BE ABOUT 6,000 FEET.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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no coordinates
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no coordinates
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