Cirrus Design SF50 N603AP accident near Spearfish, South Dakota, January 4, 2025
Cirrus Design SF50, registration N603AP, operated by PC1 Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Spearfish, South Dakota on January 4, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case CEN25LA069 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 130 minutes of the flight after departing the Saint Paul/Downtown Arpt area (KSTP), reaching a maximum of 28,025 ft. The last recorded position was at 06:16 UTC, at 13,250 ft and 250 knots, descending at 1,472 feet per minute, about 24 km from Sturgis Muni (K49B).
The nearest weather report, from K49B (24 km away), showed wind 130° at 25 knots, visibility 3 miles, ceiling 300 ft, weather: BR (LIFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Cirrus Jet Vision SF50 registered in United States (Mode S A7D272).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- January 4, 2025
- Location
- Spearfish, South Dakota
- Aircraft
- Cirrus Design SF50
- Registration
- N603AP
- Operator
- PC1 Aviation LLC
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- CEN25LA069 (Completed)
- Departure area
- Saint Paul/Downtown Arpt (KSTP)
- Nearest airport
- Sturgis Muni (K49B)
- Recorded flight
- 130 min, max 28,025 ft
- Last recorded position
- 06:16 UTC, 13,250 ft, 250 kt
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case CEN25LA069; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.