# Accident 19990407003179A: Piper PA28140, Flint, MI, April 7, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1999
- Place: Flint, MI
- Airport: Bishop Intrnational Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9759° N, 83.7310° 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=42.9759&lon=-83.7310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6454R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6454R-1999-06-23) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990407003179A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE ACFT LOST ALTITUDE 1 MILE FROM THE ARPT, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (FROM .19) ON APRI 7, 1999, AT 1815 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-28-140, N6454R, PILOTED BY CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND DUAL STUDENT, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23 (4,291 FEET BY 150 FT, DRY/ASPHALT-CONCRETE) AT BISHOP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLINT, MICHIGAN.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91.  THE CFI AND DUAL STUDENT REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM DALTON AIRPORT, FLUSHING, MICHIGAN, AT 1800 AND WAS ENROUTE TO BISHOP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  ACCORDING TO THE CFI, WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23, THE DUAL STUDENT REDUCED ENGINE POWER IN ORDER TO LOSE SOME ALTITUDE.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT REACHED THE DESIRED ALTITUDE, THE THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED BUT NO RESPONSE WAS NOTED FROM THE ENGINE.  THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE ACFT, ATTEMPTED TO TROUBLESHOOT THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, AND THEN ELECTED TO LAND THE ACFT IN A PARKING LOT NORTH OF THE AIRPORT.  APPROX.  30 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL), THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A LIGHT POLE, IMPACTED THE TERRAIN, AND CAME TO REST ON AN EMBANKMENT NEAR AN EXIT RAMP FOR I-75. (-23) PILOT REDUCED POWER TO LOSE ALTITUDE ON FINAL APPROACH, WHEN THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED, ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. A/C CLIPPED A PARKING LOT LIGHT POST AND IMPACTED ON A HIGHWAY EMBANKMENT, APPROX. 1/4 MILE FROM THRESHOLD. SEE ATTACHED INSPECTORS STATEMENT FOR POST CRASH INSPECTION.

## 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 CHI99LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA123), Apr 7, 1999: Piper PA-28-140 (N6454R), Flint, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor associated with the accident was the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.

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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