NTSB AVIATION ACCIDENT/INCIDENT DATABASE
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General Information
Data Source: NTSB AVIATION ACCIDENT/INCIDENT DATABASE
Report Number: CHI01FA001
Local Date: 10/02/2000
Local Time: 19:33 MDT
State: SD
City: RAPID CITY
Airport Name:
Airport Id:
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Injury Severity: FATAL
Report Status: PRELIM
Mid Air Collision: NO
Operations Information
Category of Operation: GENERAL AVIATION
Aircraft Type: AIRPLANE
Aircraft Damage: DESTROYED
Phase of Flight: 580 MANEUVERING
Aircraft Make/Model: PIPER PA-44-180
Operator Doing Business As:
Operator Name: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
Operator Code:
Operator:
Owner Name:
Narrative
On October 2, 2000, at 1933 mountain daylight time (mdt), a Piper
PA-44-180, N294ND, owned and operated by the University of North
Dakota, was destroyed during an in-flight collision with the terrain,
following a pitch-up maneuver, approximately at mid-field to an
altitude of 1000 feet above ground level (agl), and subsequent
nose-down maneuver, impacting runway 32 ( 8,701 feet by 150 feet,
dry/concrete ) at the Rapid City Regional Airport, Rapid City, South
Dakota. The aircraft had been conducting touch and go operations on
runway 32 prior to the accident. Visual metrological conditions
prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was
operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and was not on a
flight plan. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant on the aircraft,
was fatally injured. The flight departed Custer State Park Airport,
Fairburn, South Dakota, at exact time unknown.
According to a witness,
who had conversed with the accident pilot at the Custer State Park
Airport (3V0), the accident airplane landed at 3V0 around 1800 mdt.
The accident pilot conveyed to the witness that he had flown from
Nebraska and was thinking about flying to Denver that evening. After a
few minutes of conversation, the accident pilot stated to the witness
that he was thinking about flying by Mount Rushmore and wanted to know
if there were any flight restrictions over the monument. The witness
conveyed that there were altitude restrictions over the monument and
discussed specific details on how to depart from the Custer State Park
Airport. The witness reported that when he departed 3V0, after 1830
mdt, the accident airplane and pilot were still present at the
airport.
According to a preliminary transcript of the Air Traffic
Control (ATC) communications that were conducted between the accident
airplane and the Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP) local controller
(LC), the accident airplane approached RAP from the southwest at
1849:34.
The communications between N294ND and the RAP LC were
preliminarily transcribed as:
1852:14 N294ND rapid city tower
seminole two niner four november delta out of six thousand
five hundred for stop and goes seven to ... the ... west
1852:28 LC
two niner four november delta rapid city tower runway three two
cleared to land win... correction cleared for the option wind zero
three zero at eight
1852:34 N294ND cleared for the option
four november delta thank you
1856:47 LC four november delta can make
left closed traffic
1856:50 N294ND roger four november delta
1858:24
LC four november delta runway three two cleared for the option
traffic bonanza on the go be right turn
1859:29 N294ND kay
traffic in sight cleared for the option four november delta
1901:02 LC
four november delta make right traffic this pass traffic cessna four
miles northwest be entering left downwind
1901:08 N249ND
roger right traffic four november delta
1901:42 N249ND four
november delta we can we'll make it a tight one this time
1901:47 LC
four november delta roger cleared for the option
1901:49 N249ND
cleared for the option four november delta
1904:35 N294ND tower
four november delta did you want me on left traffic again
1904:38 LC
four november delta your choice this pass left or right traffic
approved
1904:42 N294ND kay i guess we'll go left traffic
four november delta
1904:45 LC roger and squawk and maintain
v-f-r
1904:47 N294ND okay v-f-r fournovember delta
1905:58 LC four
november delta is cleared for the option wind zero two zero at
eight
1906:01 N294ND cleared for the option four november
delta
1910:40 LC four november delta cleared for the option
1910:42
N294ND cleared for the option four november delta
1910:53 N294ND
how late is ah how later are you open till tonight
1910:55 LC open
till ten
1914:49 N294ND and four november delta are we clear
1914:51
LC four november delta cleared for the option
1914:54 N294ND
cleared for the option four november delta
1918:37 LC four november
delta's cleared for the option wind zero two zero at eight
1918:40
N294ND four november delta cleared for the option thank you
1921:32
N294ND and for four november delta do you have ah a second to take
down a phone number real quick
1921:39 LC go ahead
1921:41
N294ND it is one eight hundred three four four zero three one four
and that's ah UND flight operations
1921:53 LC roger we
got one eight hundred three four four zero three one four
1921:57
N294ND roger four november delta and ah you don't need to use
it
1922:03 N294ND yet
1922:04 LC roger
1925:13 N294ND so it looks
like about one more option then ah full stop for four
november delta
1925:18 LC roger
1926:32 LC four november delta's
cleared for the option wind zero two zero at eight
1926:36 F N294ND
cleared for the option four november delta
1930:35 N294ND for four
november delta you still have that phone number
1930:37 LC
affirm
1930:39 N294ND kay four november delta after all this ah
that's the people that you can contact at UND um and we'll be
full stop this time and ah
1931:01 N294ND and four november delta
still cleared to land right
1931:03 LC four november delta is cleared
to land and what did you want me to tell them when i call
em
1931:09 N294ND stand by four november delta
1932:06 N294ND okay
for four november delta uh
1932:14 N294ND yea standy
1932:18 N294ND
for four november delta we've got ah thirty gallons fuel on board
one soul on board and my name is bob thompsen and if you can give
them a call at that one eight hundred number and let them know its
ah where i'm at and also if you could tell my family and friends
that i love them very much
1932:44 N294ND my name again is bob
thompsen
1932:47 LC you just ah were you going to depart out of here
or stay the night
1932:49 N294ND um I'll stay the night
1932:51 LC
roger we'll let em know
1932:55 N294ND and ah it be a good idea to
get ah airport rescue and firefighting out here too
please
1933:02 LC four november delta are you declaring an
emergency
1933:13 LC four november delta tower
1933:20 LC two niner
four november delta rapid city tower
1933:26 N294ND (unintelligible)
...me
Probable Cause
Aircraft Information
Number of Seats: 0
Aircraft Use: PERSONAL
Type of Operation: 14 CFR 91
Domestic/International:
Passenger/Cargo:
Registration Number: 294ND
Air Carrier Operating Certificates:
Aircraft Fire:
Injuries
Fatal Serious Minor None
Crew 1 0 0 0
Pass 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0
Invlvd 1 0 0 0
Landing Gear:
Certificated Maximum Gross Weight: 0
Engine Make:
Engine Model:
Number of Engines: 0
Engine Type:
Environment/Operations Information
Basic Weather Conditions: VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC)
Wind Direction (deg): 20
Wind Speed (knots): 5
Visibility (sm): 10
Visibility RVR (ft): 0
Visibility RVV (sm): 0
Cloud Height Above Ground Level (ft): 0
Visibility Restrictions:
Precipitation Type: NONE
Light Condition:
Departure Airport Id: 3V0
Departure City: FAIRBURN
Departure State: SD
Destination Airport Id: RAP
Destination City:
Destination State:
Flight Plan Filed: NONE
ATC Clearance:
VFR Approach/Landing:
Event Location:
Pilot-in-Command
Certificates:
Ratings:
Plane:
Non-Plane:
Instrument:
Had Current BFR:
Months Since Last BFR: 0
Medical Certificate:
Medical Certificate Validity:
Flight Time (Hours)
Total : 0 Last 24 Hrs : 0
Make/Model : 0 Last 30 Days: 0
Instrument : 0 Last 90 Days: 0
Multi-Engine: 0 Rotorcraft : 0
