# Accident 20051112032079A: Piper PA28181, Milwaukee, WI, November 12, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2005, 18:20 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9472° N, 87.8964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9472&lon=-87.8964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2241P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2241P-2009-09-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 52 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051112032079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 12, 2005, AT 1820 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-28-181, N2241P, OPERATED BY THE WESTOSHA FLYING CLUB, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING AN EMERGENCY DESCENT AFTER LOSS OF POWER. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED POWER LINES IN A HEAVILY POPULATED RESIDENTIAL AREA APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES NORTH OF GENERAL MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MKE), MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. THE PRIVATE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED WESTOSHA AIRPORT (5K6), WILMOT, WISCONSIN, ABOUT 1615 ON A LOCAL FLIGHT. NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 CHI06LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA031), Nov 13, 2005: Piper PA-28-181 (N2241P), Milwaukee, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot's fuel mismanagement. Factors to the accident included the pilot's impairment due to alcohol, the FAA's inadequate oversight…

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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