# Accident 19911208055149A: Piper PA28181, Rochester, MN, December 8, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1991, 00:41 local time
- Place: Rochester, MN
- Airport: Rochester Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9083° N, 92.5000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROCHESTER INTL (RST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9083&lon=-92.5000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8411A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8411A-1992-01-25) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 325 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI92LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911208055149A

## Narrative

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

USING AUTOPILOT ILS COUPLED APPROACH. TURBULENCE ON SHORT FINAL CAUSED EXCURSION OFF GLIDE SLOPE. IMPACTED GROUND.

## 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 CHI92LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA043), Dec 8, 1991: Piper PA-28-181 (N8411A), Rochester, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER USE OF AUTOPILOT DURING APPROACH WHICH RESULTED IN PROPER ALIGNMENT NOT MAINTAINED BY THE PILOT. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE TURBULENCE AND CROSSWINDS, OVER CONFIDENCE IN AIRCRAFT'S…

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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