19771026032759A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-31T · Des Moines, IA · October 26, 1977

Date
October 26, 1977
Place
Des Moines, IA
Airport
Des Moines Municipal
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N35RT
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC78FCD09
Reported as
Piper PA31T
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,850 total180 in this make and model110 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Feathered eng in pattern. Single eng go-around, unable to maintain VMC.

As the FAA filed it

FEATHERED ENG IN PATTERN. SINGLE ENG GO-AROUND, UNABLE TO MAINTAIN VMC.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.