# Accident 19931231048579A: Piper PA28161, Vicksburg, MS, December 31, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1993, 17:45 local time
- Place: Vicksburg, MS
- Airport: Vicksburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2534° N, 90.9252° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2534&lon=-90.9252&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5192W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5192W-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28 (registry code 7102801, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320B1A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 112 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA94LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931231048579A

## Narrative

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

LOST ELECTRIC POWER ON APPROACH AS LANDING LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON. BRUSHED TREES. LANDED ON RUNWAY.FIELD WIRE BROKEN

## 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 MIA94LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA047), Dec 31, 1993: Piper PA-28-161 (N5192W), Vicksburg, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT DID NOT MAINTAIN THE PROPER GLIDEPATH. FAILURE OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE BY COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.

## Other reports on N5192W (1)

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

- [Accident 19780524013229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780524013229A), May 24, 1978: Piper PA28160 (N5192W), Anamosa, IA, Substantial damage

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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