- Date
- June 15, 1991, 23:30 local (Jun 16, 1991, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marquette, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5055FPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910615022049A
- Case key
- 15097
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain proper altitude.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft was cleared for an ils-backcourse approach to runway 26. Witnesses at the airport observed the aircraft approach the airport from the southeast heading northwest. They saw aircraft pass over the airport on a northeast heading then turn north and descend into the terrain. The pilot did not give an explanation for the accident. Nothing was found of a mechanical nature which would have contributed to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5055F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7790084
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eric E. Nyman
- Registered owner
- Eric E. Nyman
- Departed
- ESC · Escanaba, MI
- Airport
- MQT · Marquette County, runway 26, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 306 total · 255 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MQT, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5055F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.