# Accident 20231025019479A: Prince G E/Prince J LANCAIR 320, Rockwood, WI, October 25, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2023, 18:30 local time
- Place: Rockwood, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1697° N, 87.6928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1697&lon=-87.6928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N320P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N320P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Prince G E/Prince J LANCAIR 320 (registry code 05616S7, https://openairdocs.org/model/prince-g-e-prince-j-lancair-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PRINCE G E/PRINCE J LANCAIR 320
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 26,400 total, 71 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231025019479A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 25, 2023, AROUND 1830 CST, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT LANCAIR 320 AIRCRAFT IMPACTED SOME TREES DURING FINAL APPROACH INTO MANITOWOC, WI. AND CAME TO REST SUBMERGED UNDERWATER IN A POND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PILOTED BY AN ATP RATED PILOT. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS INCLUDING THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN WERE REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THIS ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN24FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA024), Oct 25, 2023: Lancair 320 (N320P), Manitowoc, WI, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue the visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions and failure to maintain clearance from trees and terrain during an unapproved instrument…

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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