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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA28140 · Lansing, MI · December 30, 1991

Date
December 30, 1991 · 16:19 local
Place
Lansing, MI
Airport
Capital City
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N55226
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft picking up ice en route. Had engine problem. Declared emergency and assisted by ATC to airport.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT PICKING UP ICE EN ROUTE. HAD ENGINE PROBLEM. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND ASSISTED BY ATC TO AIRPORT.