A University of North Dakota aviation student, John Hauser, died in a solo Piper PA-28 crash on October 18 near Buxton, North Dakota.
The NTSB's preliminary report states there were no mechanical malfunctions that would have affected the aircraft's normal operations.
ATC data shows the airplane departed Grand Forks, climbed to 3,700 feet, traveled 30 miles, then turned 180 degrees left and began a rapid descent before contact was lost.
The incident that killed a University of North Dakota aviation student on October 18 was not the result of a mechanical malfunction, the NTSB says in its preliminary report.
Just after 7 p.m. that evening, John Hauser, a 19-year-old UND student pilot on a solo, crashed near Buxton, North Dakota. The airplane, a Piper PA-28, was operated under Part 91.
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