# Accident 19810112000659A: Cessna 402CESSNA, Lansing, MI, January 12, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1981, 17:54 local time
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Airport: Capital City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.7325° N, 84.5555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lansing, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7325&lon=-84.5555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18WW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,056 total, 129 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810112000659A

## Narrative

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

CONTINUED INTO KNOWN HEAVY ICING. UNABLE TO SEE RUNWAY. ICED WINDSHIELD, HIT RUNWAY GEAR UP ON GO-AROUND.BOOTS INOP

## 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 CHI81DA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DA019), Jan 12, 1981: Cessna 402 (N18WW), Lansing, MI, substantial damage

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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