# Accident 19810202002599A: Piper PA28R201, Houghton, MI, February 2, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1981, 22:55 local time
- Place: Houghton, MI
- Airport: Houghton Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1684° N, 88.4891° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUGHTON COUNTY MEML (CMX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1684&lon=-88.4891&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4542Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4542Q-2012-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 312 total, 47 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEM09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEM09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810202002599A

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT. LOST OIL PRESSURE, ENGINE QUIT ON RETURN TO AIRPORT. HIT TREES. ICE CLOGGED OIL BREATHER.

## 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 CHI81FEM09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEM09), Feb 2, 1981: Piper PA-28R (N4542Q), Houghton, MI, destroyed

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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