# NTSB Accident CHI90FA130
> **PIPER PA-28-181** · 1990-05-20 · EAST LANSING, MI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI90FA130
- **Event ID:** 20001212X23097
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1990-05-20
- **Location:** EAST LANSING, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.759063, -84.459083
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-28-181
- **Registration:** N24PT
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL WHILE FLYING IN CLOUDS DURING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH. FACTORS WERE: INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, SELF-INDUCED PRESSURE, OPERATION WITH KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT, AND ANXIETY/APPREHENSION.

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