Plane Crash List

Piper PA-28-140 N280TC

10 May 1997 · Dickinson, North Dakota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 10 May 1997 at about 12:20 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N280TC was involved in an accident near Dickinson, North Dakota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 12:20
Classification
Accident
Location
Dickinson, North Dakota, United States
Nearest airport
Dickinson Municipal (DIK)
Coordinates
46.8804, -102.7797
Aircraft
Piper PA-28-140
Registration
N280TC
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI97LA125

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

the student pilots failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. A factor associated with the accident was the pilot's runway selection.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was practicing touch and go landings on runway 25. According to the pilot, he called Unicom for a weather check and was told the winds had changed so he decided to land on runway 32. He reported that during the landing, the winds changed back to 250 degrees. The left wing of the airplane rose and the airplane veered off the side of the runway. The airplane traveled into the grass where the nose gear collapsed and the right win contacted the terrain. Local winds were reported as 240 degrees at 15 knots, 13 minutes after the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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