A 19-year-old University of North Dakota aviation student, John Hauser, died in a solo aircraft crash on October 18 near Buxton, North Dakota.
The NTSB's preliminary report indicated no mechanical malfunctions with the Piper PA-28 that would have hindered normal operations.
ATC data showed the aircraft departing Grand Forks, climbing to 3,700 feet, traveling 30 miles, then making a 180-degree turn and beginning a rapid descent before data 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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