# Accident 19801207072459A: Beech E90, Michigan City, IN, December 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1980, 16:47 local time
- Place: Michigan City, IN
- Airport: Phillips
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 41.7088° N, 86.8669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Michigan City, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7088&lon=-86.8669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2181L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2181L-2011-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-90 (registry code 1152914, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E90
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 8,700 total, 72 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801207072459A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CRASHED INTO LAKE DURING ADF APPROACH. FOUND BOLT MISSING IN ELEVATOR BELL CRANK. NOSE REPORTED IN AREA DEFERRED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI81FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA011), Dec 7, 1980: Beech E90 (N2181L), Michigan City, IN, destroyed, 4 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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