19780105042219A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech B35 · Tell City, IN · January 5, 1978

Date
January 5, 1978
Place
Tell City, IN
Airport
Perry County Municipal
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8872A
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI78FA014
Reported as
Beech B35
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total0 in this make and model0 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.

PIC descended below mda.

As the FAA filed it

PIC DESCENDED BELOW MDA.

NTSB investigation

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