A 19-year-old University of North Dakota aviation student, John Hauser, died in a solo plane crash on October 18 near Buxton, North Dakota.
The NTSB's preliminary report found no mechanical malfunctions in the Piper PA-28 aircraft that would have hindered normal operations.
After departing from Grand Forks and climbing to about 3,700 feet, the aircraft traveled 30 miles before turning 180 degrees and beginning a rapid descent, with ATC data lost around 7:24 pm.
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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