Piper PA-28-180 accident near Cedar Lake, IN
On November 14, 1993, a Piper PA-28-180 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cedar Lake, IN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 14, 1993
- Place
- Cedar Lake, IN
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-180 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.370°N, 87.430°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X13713
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 14, 1993, at 1220 central standard time, a Piper, PA-28-180, N32303, operated by Associated Air Activities, Lansing, Illinois, crashed near Cedar Lake, Indiana. The airplane was destroyed, and the private, instrument rated, pilot who was the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The local flight originated at the Lansing Municipal Airport at 1200. No flight plan was filed, and instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. An employee of the fixed base operator which owned the airplane stated the pilot had waited for several hours to go flying. She reported he remarked, "I'm going to do a cloud check," when he signed out the airplane. A flight instructor who was practicing for a Part 135 flight check landed about five minutes before the mishap pilot took off. He reported the ceiling was 700 feet (agl), with multiple layers to 5,000 feet (msl). There was no record of a weather brief given to the pilot by the Automated Flight Service Station, Kankakee, Illinois. The farmer who owned the property where the airplane crashed heard the impact. He stated he and his wife had just gotten home from church, and were in the house. He reported: "The motor was really buzzing, and it sounded like an explosion when it hit." The house is about 100 yards from the crash site. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot held a private pilot certificate with airplane, single engine land rating, which was issued on June 16, 1989. He held an instrument rating which was issued on December 12, 1992. From the Federal Aviation Administration records it was determined that
Probable cause
the failure of the pilot to maintain proper altitude. A factor related to the accident was flight into known adverse weather by the pilot.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
