# Accident 19900714025639A: Piper PA28140, Grand Marais, MN, July 14, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1990, 07:55 local time
- Place: Grand Marais, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7500° N, 90.3392° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7500&lon=-90.3392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6146W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6146W-1991-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 29 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI90FA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900714025639A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ALLOWED HIS AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND INTO TREES AT HIGH SPEED IMPACT. TEST SHOWED ALCOHOL IN ALL THREE OCCUPANTS.

## 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 CHI90FA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA185), Jul 14, 1990: Piper PA-28-140 (N6146W), Grand Marais, MN, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: POOR JUDGEMENT OF THE PILOT DUE TO HIS IMPAIRMENT FROM CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: PILOT FATIGUE DUE TO LACK OF…

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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