# Accident 19780105042219A: Beech B35, Tell City, IN, January 5, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1978
- Place: Tell City, IN
- Airport: Perry County Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 38.0189° N, 86.6924° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PERRY COUNTY MUNI (TEL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0189&lon=-86.6924&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8872A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780105042219A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PIC DESCENDED BELOW MDA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI78FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FA014), Jan 5, 1978: Beech BE-35 (N8872A), Tell City, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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