Accident · 1990-08-18

NTSB case CHI90FA236 · PIPER PA-32R-300 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1990-08-18
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: PIPER PA-32R-300 (N4070Q)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: WISCONSIN AVIATION INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): WISCONSIN AVIATION INC

Probable cause

INITIATION OF VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER AND INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGIAL CONDITIONS. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE PILOT'S SELF-INDUCED PRESSURE TO MAINTAIN CURRENCY.

Source: NTSB case CHI90FA236

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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