ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244734
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| Date: | Saturday 7 November 2020 |
| Time: | 20:18 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-22-135 Tri-Pacer |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3606A |
| MSN: | 22-1866 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-290-D2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Dunn Center, Dunn County, ND -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Dunn Center, ND |
| Dickinson Airport, ND (DIK/KDIK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The noninstrument-rated pilot had landed at a friend's private airstrip for a visit. The friend, who was also a pilot, reported that the pilot was nervous about the weather conditions and checked the weather every 30 minutes beginning about 2 hours before departing. The friend offered the pilot his vehicle to drive home, but the pilot declined. According to the friend, it was a dark night with low cloud ceilings, light drizzle, and thick fog. The friend stated that he followed the airplane during its takeoff roll to the south using his headlights to illuminate the runway and lost sight of the airplane's lights in the overcast and fog within seconds after its departure. He heard the airplane's engine running at high rpm and then heard an impact.
The wreckage was located on top of a hill about 1/4 mile southwest of the airstrip. Ground scars, impact signatures, and wreckage fragmentation patterns were consistent with the airplane impacting terrain in a near 90° bank angle with high forward velocity. The airplane's impact attitude and speed indicate the pilot had lost control of the airplane. The airplane likely entered instrument meteorological conditions shortly after takeoff, and the pilot lost visual reference to the ground, which resulted in a loss of control.
Probable Cause: The noninstrument-rated pilot's decision to depart into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN21LA044
https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N3606A
Location
Media:
NTSB is investigating Sunday’s, Nov. 8 crash in Dunn Center, ND involving a Piper PA-22-135 aircraft.
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) November 8, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Nov-2020 16:54 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 08-Nov-2020 19:40 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2020 21:01 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 08-Nov-2020 22:19 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2020 17:57 | harro | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code] |
| 09-Nov-2020 17:58 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2020 00:46 | RobertMB | Updated [Source] |
| 15-Jul-2022 11:02 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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