ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 30010
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| Date: | Monday 2 October 2000 |
| Time: | 19:33 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-44-180 Seminole |
| Owner/operator: | University of North Dakota |
| Registration: | N294ND |
| MSN: | 4496029 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 598 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rapid City, SD -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fairburn, SD (3V0) |
| Rapid City, SD (RAP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane was destroyed during an in-flight collision with the terrain following an intentional pitch-up maneuver, approximately at mid-field to an altitude of 1,000 feet above ground level, and subsequent intentional nose-down maneuver which resulted in the collision with the runway. According to an Investigation Report prepared by the Pennington County Sheriff's Office, the pilot's cause of death was, "...blunt force trauma due to an airplane crash with the manner of death as suicide."
Probable Cause: Suicide
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X22111&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Mar-2015 18:54 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 12-Dec-2017 19:15 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Nov-2022 16:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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