Piper PA-22-150 accident near New Underwood, SD
On July 28, 2025, a Piper PA-22-150 (airplane) was involved in an accident near New Underwood, SD. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 28, 2025
- Place
- New Underwood, SD
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-22-150 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 44.092°N, 102.867°W
- NTSB ID
- 20250728200640
NTSB summary
On July 28, 2025, about 0604 mountain daylight time, a Piper PA-22-150 airplane, N9642D, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near New Underwood, South Dakota. The pilot was seriously injured and the passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The airplane departed from the Kauer Private Airport (3SD2), Box Elder, South Dakota, for the local area flight. There were no known witnesses to the accident. A search revealed no automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast data for the accident flight. The airplane impacted a powerline along the perimeter of a pasture about 5 miles east-southeast of the departure airfield. The airplane ultimately impacted the pasture and came to rest inverted about 650 ft from the powerline. The initial ground scar was adjacent to a barbed wire enclosure and a wooden fence post on a heading of about 80°. The ground scar contained a fragment of wood and fabric from a wingtip bow along with fragments of red lens material from the left wingtip navigation light lens. Portions of powerlines were found along the debris field and entangled with the wreckage. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, the fuselage, the vertical stabilizer, rudder, and elevator. Flight control cable continuity was confirmed from the cockpit to each of the flight control surfaces except for a separation in the aileron chain segment and the elevator pushrod. The Sensenich M74DM aluminum fixed pitch propeller was separated from the crankshaft propeller flan
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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.
