Piper PA-28-235 accident near Jackson, MN
On July 21, 2003, a Piper PA-28-235 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Jackson, MN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 21, 2003
- Place
- Jackson, MN
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-235 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 43.650°N, 94.969°W
- NTSB ID
- 20030725X01194
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 21, 2003, about 0739 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28-235, N33774, was destroyed on impact with terrain at Jackson Municipal Airport (MJQ), Jackson, Minnesota. The private pilot was fatally injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight originated from MJQ, at an unknown time. A witness reported seeing the airplane over the airport at an altitude of 600-800 feet above ground level. This witness reported the airplane was flying "normal" on a east-southeasterly heading and "all of a sudden it turned to the left and straight down to the ground." Two other witnesses, who were about one mile away from the airport, reported seeing the airplane heading straight down toward the ground. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot held a private pilot certificate for airplane single-engine land and instrument airplane operations. The pilot was issued a third class airman medical certificate on April 9, 2003, with "Must wear corrective lenses" printed in the limitations section. According to the pilot's personal flight logbook, he had accumulated a total flight time of 657.6 hours as of his last entry, dated June 26, 2003, of which 442.5 hours were in the accident airplane. This last entry in the pilot's logbook was the satisfactory completion of a biennial flight review. AIRCRAFT INFORAMTION The accident airplane, serial number 28-7510061, was registered to the pilot and three other individuals in March of 1993. The Piper PA-28-235 is a production built, single engine, low wing airplane. The acc
Probable cause
The pilot's intentional flight into terrain as an act of suicide.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
