# Accident 19810925062969A: Piper PA32RT300, Newberry, MI, September 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1981, 18:39 local time
- Place: Newberry, MI
- Airport: Luce Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3110° N, 85.4572° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUCE COUNTY (ERY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3110&lon=-85.4572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9574C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9574C-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 783 total, 144 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA104-201209) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810925062969A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK RADIO TOWERS ON VOR APPROACH. WEATHER BELOW MINIMAL. HAD MADE PREVIOUS BELOW MINIMAL LANDINGS.

## 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 CHI81FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA104-201209), Sep 25, 1981: Piper PA-32 (N9574C), Newberry, MI, destroyed, 2 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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