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DEN83FTK05

1983-08-27 · STURGIS MUNI., South Dakota, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 66D

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT CRASHED ON THE APPROACH END TO RUNWAY 11 DURING AN ABORTED LANDING. THE PLT STATED THE ACFT WAS HIGH SO HE APPLIED FULL POWER AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS. HE SAID HE RETRACTED THE FLAPS TOO FAST AND LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT. THE NOSE GEAR WAS BROKEN OFF, THE RIGHT WING BUCKLED AND BENT, THE LEFT WING WAS TORN LOOSE AND BENT BACKWARD AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS TORN OFF THE ACFT. THE 2 FRONT SEAT OCCUPANTS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE REAR SEAT OCCUPANTSRECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_DEN83FTK05.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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