# Accident 19900520016589A: Piper PA28181, Lansing, MI, May 20, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1990, 18:10 local time
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Airport: Capital City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7591° N, 84.4591° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7591&lon=-84.4591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24PT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24PT-1991-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 643 total, 370 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI90FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900520016589A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED INTO IMC WITH INOP GENERATOR AND ONLY BATTERY POWER. BATTERY WENT DEAD.HIT TREES AND FENCE ON ASR APPROACH

## 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 CHI90FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA130), May 20, 1990: Piper PA-28-181 (N24PT), East Lansing, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL WHILE FLYING IN CLOUDS DURING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH. FACTORS WERE: INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, SELF-INDUCED PRESSURE, OPERATION WITH…

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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