# Incident 19890206010519I: Piper PA28161, Lafayette, IN, February 6, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1989, 12:15 local time
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue University
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4123° N, 86.9369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PURDUE UNIVERSITY (LAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4123&lon=-86.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N513PU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N513PU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 54 total, 10 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890206010519I

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT CAUGHT IN IFR CONDITIONS WAS RADAR VECTORED TO VFR AIRPORT WHERE A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE.

## Other reports on N513PU (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19840119009479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840119009479I), Jan 19, 1984: Piper PA28161 (N513PU), Lafayette, IN. Engine quit on takeoff. Landed off end of runway. Found water and ice in fuel.

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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