Piper PA28-161 N437ND
3 October 2007 · Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 3 October 2007 at about 17:06 local time, a Piper PA28-161 registered N437ND was involved in an accident near Grand Forks, 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 17:06
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
- Coordinates
- 47.9492, -97.1761
- Aircraft
- Piper PA28-161
- Registration
- N437ND
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Grand Forks → Grand Forks
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI08CA002
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The lack of experience and the excessive taxi speed by the pilot. A contributing factors was the airport sign.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot, on his first solo flight, reported that the tower controller requested the pilot turn on exit A2. The pilot reported that while he tried to comply with tower's request, the airplane was still at 20-30 knots airspeed when he attempted the turn. The aircraft went off the runway into the grass and impacted the runway hold short sign with the left wing. There were no injuries. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunction.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Aug 2007 | Piper PA28-140 | Front Royal, Virginia, United States | James Allen Winget | No injuries | - |
| 28 Mar 2007 | Piper PA28-181 | Amman, Jordan | Royal Jordanian Air Academy | Unknown | - |
| 7 May 2007 | Piper PA28-235 | San Jose, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Sep 2007 | Piper PA28-161 | William-Sodus, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Apr 2007 | Piper PA28-181 | New Tazewell, Tennessee, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Dec 2007 | Piper PA28-180 | Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 2007 | Air Tractor AT-301 | Lignite, North Dakota, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 16 Jul 2007 | Rotorway 162F | Heart, North Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Jun 2007 | Weatherly 201C | Mc Clusky, North Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Jun 2007 | Aero Commander S2R | Watford City, North Dakota, United States | Taylor Ag Services, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 9 Aug 2007 | Snow S-2C | Hazelton, North Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Aug 2007 | Beechcraft B60 | Bismark, North Dakota, United States | Henry L. Reichert | No injuries | - |