# NTSB Accident SEA97LA116
> **Piper PA-28-140** · 1997-05-20 · HYSHAM, MT, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA97LA116
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08029
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-05-20
- **Location:** HYSHAM, MT, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.999832, -107.120216
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-140
- **Registration:** N32142
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

A failure of an engine exhaust valve and the pilot's misjudgement of altitude/distance during an emergency landing at an airstrip.

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